471.045  Professional engineers performing building code inspector duties.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is currently licensed under this chapter to practice as a professional engineer may provide building inspection services described in s. 468.603(6) and (7) to a local government or state agency upon its request, without being certified by the Board of Building Code Administrators and Inspectors under ¹part XIII of chapter 468. When performing these building inspection services, the professional engineer is subject to the disciplinary guidelines of this chapter and s. 468.621(1)(c)-(g). Any complaint processing, investigation, and discipline that arise out of a professional engineer's performing building inspection services shall be conducted by the Board of Professional Engineers rather than the Board of Building Code Administrators and Inspectors. A professional engineer may not perform plans review as an employee of a local government upon any job that the professional engineer or the professional engineer's company designed.

History.--s. 7, ch. 98-419.