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IS THE DBPR TAKING
CAM
LICENSING SERIOUSLY?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
November 15, 2013
Community
Association Manager (CAM) is supposedly a licensed profession
here in
Florida
. But it seems that the DBPR – tasked with regulating the CAMs
– isn’t taking this task really seriously. Sometimes one
gets the feeling that the folks in charge of
CAM
licensing are under the impression that it is their job to
protect the CAMs – especially the ones permanently violating FS
468.431 - 438 -- Part VIII
And
who cares if somebody works without the required license?
Obviously not the DBPR! In the opinion of the DBPR folks in
charge of CAM Licensing it’s their job to bring people in
“compliance.’
In
a recent case a person, who worked for many years a highly paid
CAM
, got away with a slap on the wrist and the demand to get a
license – no punishment whatsoever. But the owners, who paid
for many years for this unlicensed activity and finally filed an
official complaint with the DBPR, received a letter from the
DBPR stating: “"Please be advised the
above-referenced case has been reviewed by the Department of
Business and Professional Regulation and closed without a
finding of probable cause to believe the above-named Subject
violated the provisions of Chapter 468, Part VIll, Florida
Statutes, and/or the rules promulgated pursuant thereto."
Obviously is not a violation if one works without a license! In
my opinion: Plainly ridiculous!
Please
read the whole story here:
WHY
LICENSING COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGERS AT ALL?
In
former times board members and other interested parties were
able to look up complaints filed against licensed CAMs on the
DBPR website. But it only took some complaints from members of
the Regulatory
Council of Community Association Managers, who had a lot
to hide themselves, to have the DBPR remove all the complaints
from their website. So much for “Government in the
Sunshine!”
The
actions of the DBPR CAM Licensing can only be considered a joke.
Just read their “excuses”:
DBPR
CLAIMS: HIDDEN RECORDS ARE PUBLIC!
All
these stories regarding licensing and regulation of CAMs opens
up the question:
IS
THE DBPR TAKING
CAM
LICENSING REALLY SERIOUSLY?
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