Chapter 489, Part II, Electrical and Alarm System Contracting is adopted as law into legislature and broken down into 34 Chapters. To view the complete chapter, visit the Florida Statutes.

Below is a sample of a few items contained within the document:

489.531 Prohibitions; penalties.

(1) A person may not:

(a) Practice contracting unless the person is certified or registered;

(b) Use the name or title “electrical contractor” or “alarm system contractor” or words to that effect, or advertise himself or herself or a business organization as available to practice electrical or alarm system contracting, when the person is not then the holder of a valid certification or registration issued pursuant to this part;

(c) Present as his or her own the certificate or registration of another;

(d) Use or attempt to use a certificate or registration that has been suspended, revoked, or placed on inactive or delinquent status;

(e) Employ persons who are not certified or registered to practice contracting;

(f) Knowingly give false or forged evidence to the department, the board, or a member thereof;

(g) Operate a business organization engaged in contracting after 60 days following the termination of its only qualifying agent without designating another primary qualifying agent;

(h) Conceal information relative to violations of this part;

(i) Commence or perform work for which a building permit is required pursuant to part IV of chapter 553 without the building permit being in effect; or

(j) Willfully or deliberately disregard or violate any municipal or county ordinance relating to uncertified or unregistered contractors.

(2) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (1) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(3)(a) Any unlicensed person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (1) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(b) Any unlicensed person who commits a violation of subsection (1) after having been previously found guilty of such violation commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.