The Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board is responsible for licensing and regulating electrical contractors. The board meets regularly to consider applications for licensure, to review disciplinary cases, and to conduct informal hearings relating to licensure and discipline. The board engages in rulemaking to implement the provisions set forth in its statutes and conducts other general business, as necessary.

Division 61G6 of the Electrical Contractors Licensing Board contains several chapters which provide rules for those engaged in electrical contracting and is part of the Florida Administrative Code.

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61G6-4.006 Probable Cause Panel.

(1) The determination as to whether probable cause exists to believe that a violation of the provisions of Chapter 455, F.S., or Chapter 489, Part II, F.S., or of the rules promulgated thereunder, has occurred shall be made by majority vote of the probable cause panel.

(2) The probable cause panel shall be composed of three (3) members of the Electrical Contractors’ Licensing Board, but not more than one (1) member of the panel may be a consumer member.

(3) The probable cause panel shall meet at such times as called by the chairman of the Electrical Contractors’ Licensing Board.

(4) The probable cause panel members shall be selected by the chairman of the Electrical Contractors’ Licensing Board.

(5) The Board provides that one or more members of the panel or panels may be a former Board member.

61G6-4.016 Board Member Compensation.

In addition to receiving fifty dollars ($50.00) compensation per day for attending official meetings of the board, a board member shall also be eligible to receive compensation for the following:

(1) Official meetings or workshops called by the chairman at which either a committee composed of two (2) or more board members or a quorum of the board is present pursuant to Chapters 120 and 489, Part II, F.S.;

(2) Official meetings between a board member or members and the department staff or consultants which the board member attends at the request of the department staff or consultants which the board member attends at the request of the department;

(3) Meetings or conferences which the board member attends at the request or approval of the Secretary, the Secretary’s designee, or the majority of the Board;

(4) Administrative hearings or legal proceedings at which the board member appears as witness or representative of the board at the request of counsel to the board;

(5) In the event that a board member is present for a meeting or hearing defined above, and the meeting is cancelled without prior notice, the attending board member will be eligible for compensation provided the member was present at the scheduled time.