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Question: A new
community association manager with the firm I work
for is wondering if she will need to take all of
the continuing education required to maintain her
new license. I think there’s something
somewhere that says she may not have
to take all of the hours. Can you point us in
the right direction?
Answer: You’re
correct. A new licensee may not be required
to complete any continuing education until the
first full renewal cycle. Section 455.2124,
F.S., gives the board three options regarding the
continuing education for new licensees. The
first allows the board to prorate continuing
education for new licensees by requiring half of
the required continuing education for any
applicant who becomes licensed with more than half
the renewal period remaining. The second
option allows the board to permit no continuing
education for any applicant who becomes licensed
with half or less than half of the renewal period
remaining. The third option under the
statute permits the board to require no continuing
education until the first full renewal cycle of
the licensee. Under the statute, the three
options also apply when continuing education is
first required or the number of hours required is
increased by law or the board. Click
to read the statute.
Thanks for asking,
Fred Gray
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owner gives a community association manager grief
over the safety of persons over the protection of
property. With that in mind, the Florida
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mind. An amendment to Chapter 719, Florida
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The state of Florida takes
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statute, officers, directors or managers of
homeowner’s associations are forbidden from
accepting goods or services from anyone. Of
course the law isn’t as simple as that and
includes exceptions.
Pursuant to section 720.3033,
F.S., an officer, director, or manager may not
solicit, offer to accept, or accept any good or
service of value for which consideration has not
been provided for his or her benefit or for the
benefit of a member of his or her immediate family
from any person providing or proposing to provide
goods or services to the association.
Without consideration, which is the quid pro quo
of any transaction, the good or service appears
improper, so the state requires...Read
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