FL Community Association Manager Continuing Education

Updating this code establishes further regulations for the safety of all passengers riding in the cab. The DLM is a code requirement for any elevator built after 2000. For elevators Elevator key F.A.C. 69A-47 also provides that all buildings shall have the same elevator key as all other elevators within its fire district. The uniform key is available only to those listed below: ● Elevator owners (associations) or their authorized agents. ● Elevator contractors licensed by Florida. ● Florida state certified inspectors. ● Fire departments. F.S. 482 provides statutory authority for pest control. F.A.C. 5E-2 through 5E-14 provides rules for enforcement of the statute. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) licenses and regulates pest control businesses in Florida. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates pest control substances nationally. FDACS has special requirements for certain services, including fumigation, detection and control of wood-destroying ● The use of any method or device or the application of any substance to prevent, destroy, repel, mitigate, curb, control, or eradicate any pest in, on, or under a structure, lawn, or ornamental. Pesticide Pesticide or economic poison means any substance or mixture of substances intended for: ● Preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any insects, rodents, nematodes, fungi, weeds, or other forms of plant or Protected species Some animals and plant-life are endangered or protected species and cannot be killed, such as bats and bees. These pests can cause major problems if they make their home in your building and require special techniques to relocate them safely. Because bats tend to return to their “home site,” and relocate to nearby buildings, many pest control companies Pest control operator requirements F.S. 482.132 details the requirements for licensure as a pest control operator as follows: ● A prospective operator must … ○ Be a high school graduate. ○ Have training or experience in pest control. ○ Pass an examination. organisms, and removal of endangered species. F.S. 482.021 defines pest control to include: Employee requirements and identification cardholder A pest control employee is a person employed by a licensee who provides the employee with necessary training, supervision, pesticides, equipment, and insurance. The employee receives compensation from and is under the personal supervision and direct control of the licensee’s certified operator in charge and from whose compensation the licensee regularly deducts and matches federal insurance contributions and federal income and Social Security taxes. Under whom the employee performs pest

built prior to the update, the elevator control system must be modernized as soon as possible.

As an alternative to the uniform key, the association may provide for the installation of a keyed lockbox that accepts the uniform key for that specific region. In buildings with elevators or elevator banks separated by more than 30 feet, separate lockboxes must be used for each elevator or elevator bank.

PEST CONTROL

● The identification of or inspection for infestations or infections in, on, or under a structure, lawn, or ornamental. ● The use of any pesticide, economic poison, or mechanical device for preventing, controlling, eradicating, identifying, inspecting for, mitigating, diminishing, or curtailing insects, vermin, rodents, pest birds, bats, or other pests in, on, or under a structure, lawn, or ornamental. ● All phases of fumigation, including: ○ The treatment of products by vault fumigation; and ○ The fumigation of boxcars, trucks, ships, airplanes, docks, warehouses, and common carriers. ● The advertisement of the solicitation of, or the acceptance of remuneration for any work described in this subsection but does not include the solicitation of a bid from a licensee to be incorporated in an overall bid by an unlicensed primary contractor to supply services to another.

animal life or viruses, except viruses or fungi on or in living human beings or other animals; or ● Use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant.

recommend the association install bat houses elsewhere on the association property. The queen bee and her swarm are usually moved to bee farms. Bees bond with the queen and will follow her to the new hive. The association cannot relocate a species to property that it does not own. ● An operator who performs fumigations must meet additional criteria, as defined in F.S. 482.151. According to F.S. 482, a pest control business must maintain insurance coverage. Also, a pest control company is required to notify the FDACS in writing at least 24 hours in advance of fumigation. control and must carry an identification card with a picture ID, signature, and the name of the licensed operator. An identification cardholder must be an employee of a pest control operator (licensee) and cannot be an independent contractor. The employee may operate only out of, and for customers assigned from, the operator’s licensed business location. The employee may not perform any pest control independently of and without the knowledge of the operator and may perform pest control only for the licensee’s customers.

SECURITY

Security services Many community associations have private security at an entrance gate, in the lobby of the main building, and occasionally as rovers, who circulate through the property

looking for security issues or problems. Although some associations hire in-house security, most contract with private security firms.

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