ACCREDITOR REVOCATION L ANGUAGE

(1)Training Accreditor Revocation

(a) Any accreditor shall have his/her approval status revoked for any of the following reasons:

•  Knowingly providing a fraudulent application to the Commission, when applying for accreditor status.

•  Suspension or revocation of a trade license submitted to the Commission as part of the initial ly approved accreditor application , which was not reported to the Commission at the time of suspension or revocation \

•  Failure to effectively and/ or accurately accredit courses, specifically relating to the correctness of the course building code content references

•  Failure to remove him/herself from any “conflict of interest” situations, such as accrediting own courses. Accrediting courses in which the accreditor has a financial interest.

•  Failure of the accreditor to cooperate with a Commission ordered investigation.

(b)The Commission may revoke the approval status of any accreditor based on any provision of subsection 9B-70.002, F.A.C., until such time as the accreditor demonstrates that his/her status is currently in compliance with this document rule .

(c)The Commission shall initiate an investigation based on a written complaint containing substantial material evidence of a violation of this rule by any substantially affected party .

(d)The Commission shall clearly post the status of an investigation on its website, the Florida Building Codes Information System, www.floridabuilding.org.