NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Construction Industry Licensing Board has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Ted A. Bickoff, General Plumbing, Inc. on September 16, 2011. The following is a summary of the agency's disposition of the petition:
Whether a building contractor can install a pool lift by drilling into the existing pool deck, installing a socket, and providing an independent water supply. The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Vol. 37, No. 41, of the October 14, 2011, Florida Administrative Weekly. The Board considered the Petition at a duly-noticed public meeting held on October 14, 2011. The Board’s Order, filed on November 14, 2011, issues a declaratory statement that a building contractor is not licensed to install a pool lift as described in the petition. Pursuant to Section 489.105(3), Florida Statutes, the requested pool services are outside the scope of a building contractor.
A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Drew Winters, Executive Director, Construction Industry Licensing Board, Post Office Box 5257, Tallahassee, Florida 32314-5257.
Please refer all comments to: Drew Winters, Executive Director, Construction Industry Licensing Board, P. O. Box 5257, Tallahassee, Florida 32314-5257.