§ 10-25. Insurance requirements.

(a)

This section shall not apply to persons required to be registered or certified under F.S. ch. 489, pt. I (F.S. § 489.101 et seq.) or pt. II (F.S. § 489.501 et seq.), except that persons required to be registered or certified under F.S. ch. 489, pt. I (F.S. § 489.101 et seq.) or pt. II (F.S. § 489.501 et seq.) shall present evidence to the planning and development services director that they have obtained insurance as required by such statutes.

(b)

Prior to the submittal of an application for certificate of competency to an examining board or renewal of an existing certificate, the applicant or certificate holder shall furnish to the director proof of insurance in the amounts and coverage herein provided. In the alternative, an applicant for a certificate of competency may submit to the director a notice of intent to issue insurance in the amounts and coverage herein provided to the applicant upon approval of his application for a certificate of competency. The notice of intent to issue the insurance shall be from an insurance company authorized to do business in the state and shall be addressed to the director. In the event the application for a certificate of competency is approved by the appropriate examining board, the director shall not issue the certificate of competency until the applicant provides proof of insurance coverage as provided herein.

(c)

As proof of insurance, the applicant or certificate holder shall submit to the director an original and complete certificate of insurance issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the state. The certificate of insurance shall contain the date that the certificate was issued, the name of the insurance agent, name and address of insurance company, name of the applicant or the name of the certificate holder as it appears on the state-certified or state-registered contractor's license, policy number (not binder number), effective date of policy, and the expiration date of the policy. The certificate of insurance shall name the director as the certificate holder and shall specify the number of days notification to be given to the certificate of insurance holder should the policy or any part thereof be canceled before the expiration date.

(d)

The applicant or certificate holder shall maintain workers' compensation in accordance with the requirements of F.S. ch. 440, as may hereafter be amended, and employer's liability insurance.

(e)

The applicant or certificate holder shall maintain general liability and property damage insurance coverage in the amounts established by resolution of the board of county commissioners.

(f)

In the event of cancellation or expiration of all or part of the insurance required hereunder held by a certificate holder, his certificate of competency shall be automatically revoked. The certificate of competency shall be reinstated upon the certificate holder furnishing proof to the appropriate examining board that he is in compliance with these insurance requirements.

(Code 1982, § 2-5-10; Ord. No. 92-04, pt. B, 4-7-1992; Ord. No. 96-013, pt. A, 5-28-1996)