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Registering Your Engineering Firm

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Registering your engineering firm is a two-part process:

First, a listing for your engineering firm must be created in DBPR’s myfloridalicense.com system.
Second, your qualifying engineer must connect the firm’s registry to the engineer’s license. An engineering firm may not offer engineering services in Florida until the second part of the process is complete, i.e. it is qualified by a Professional Engineer licensed in Florida.

If you have any questions, please contact FBPE at (850) 521-0500, ext. 113 or board@fbpe.org.

PART 1: STARTING THE REGISTRATION PROCESS

Click through each step below to add your engineering business to the registry at myfloridalicense.com.

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Clicking the “Register an Engineering Firm” link will take you to the page below at myfloridalicense.com. You have to create an account or log in to an existing one to access page.

After you have carefully read the introduction, click “Next.”

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Answer the Eligibility Question by ticking the circle next to your answer, then click “Next.”

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Enter the name of your engineering business, as well as the DBA name, as they are listed with the Florida Secretary of State. Then enter the tax identification number. Click “Next.”

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Add the address and contact information of the engineering business, then click “Next.”

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Review the information. If everything is correct, click “Next.”

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Enter the qualifying engineer for your engineering business on this page. This step does not qualify your engineering business. To complete the qualification process, the qualifying engineer must complete Part 2 of this process by linking the engineering business to their PE license. Click “Next.”

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Review the Application Summary, and if everything is correct, click “Submit.”

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Read the Affirmation page, tick the circle next to your answer, then click “Submit.”

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After reading the Confirmation page, click “Return.”

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On the Main Menu page, you should see the Registry number of your engineering business listed under the section on the right.

Click the Registry number to go to the License Menu page.

Registering your engineering firm

On the License Menu page, you will now see your engineering business listed at right. You must have a Professional Engineer licensed in Florida qualify your business before you can practice engineering in the state. See Part 2: Qualifying an Engineering Firm, below.

Registering your engineering firm

Step 1: Clicking the “Register an Engineering Firm” link will take you to the page below at myfloridalicense.com. You have to create an account or log in to an existing one to access page.

After you have carefully read the introduction, click “Next.”
Step 2: Answer the Eligibility Question by ticking the circle next to your answer, then click “Next.”
Step 3: Enter the name of your engineering business, as well as the DBA name, as they are listed with the Florida Secretary of State. Then enter the tax identification number. Click “Next.”
Step 4: Add the address and contact information of the engineering business, then click “Next.”
Step 5: Review the information. If everything is correct, click “Next.”
Step 6: Enter the qualifying engineer for your engineering business on this page. This step does not qualify your engineering business. To complete the qualification process, the qualifying engineer must complete Part 2 of this process by linking the engineering business to their PE license. Click “Next.”
Step 7: Review the Application Summary, and if everything is correct, click “Submit.”
Step 8: Read the Affirmation page, tick the circle next to your answer, then click “Submit.”
Step 9: After reading the Confirmation page, click “Return.”
Step 10: On the Main Menu page, you should see the Registry number of your engineering business listed under the section on the right.

Click the Registry number to go to the License Menu page.
Step 11: On the License Menu page, you will now see your engineering business listed at right. You must have a Professional Engineer licensed in Florida qualify your business before you can practice engineering in the state. See Part 2: Qualifying an Engineering Firm, below.

PART 2: QUALIFYING AN ENGINEERING FIRM

Once the engineering firm has been added to the registry, you must link your Florida Professional Engineer license to the firm in order to qualify it to offer engineering services in Florida.

As a qualifying agent for a registered engineering company, you and the registered engineering company must comply with these statutory requirements:

A qualifying agent who leaves an engineering firm must notify the Board within 24 hours.
The qualifying agent of a firm must notify the Board within 30 days of any changes to information in the firm’s initial registration application.
If the qualifying agent leaves the firm and was the only qualifying engineer for the business, the firm may no longer provide engineering services in Florida and must be qualified by another Professional Engineer within 60 days if it wishes to resume offering engineering services. FBPE or the Florida Engineers Management Corporation may authorize a temporary qualifying engineer for no more than 60 days in order to proceed with incomplete contracts.

Click through the steps below to qualify an engineering business. Records are updated hourly, so your change may be listed as “pending” for up to an hour.

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Log into your account at myfloridalicense.com, then click on your PE license.

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Click on “Maintain Relationships” in the Functions menu at left.

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Click “Add” to locate the engineering firm you wish to qualify. (Do not enter anything in the search fields.)

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Select “Registry [Your Role: PE]” in the Type of Relationship dropdown menu. Then select “Registry” in the License Type dropdown menu. Next, enter the engineering firm’s registry number in the License Number field. Click “Next.”

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This screen will show the engineering firm that you will be qualifying. Click “Next” to continue if it is correct.

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If the Application Summary is correct, click “Submit.”

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The Affirmation is an electronic signature confirming that you are authorized to qualify the engineering firm. Select “Yes,” then click “Submit” to sign.

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The Confirmation shows that you have completed the qualifying process. Records are updated hourly, so your change may be listed as “pending” for up to an hour. Click “Return” to return to the main License Menu.

Qualifying your engineering firm

If you click on “Maintain Relationships” on the License Menu page (as in Part 2, Step 2), it will take you to the Relations page where you will see a list of the engineering firms that you are qualifying.

Qualifying your engineering firm

Step 1: Log into your account at myfloridalicense.com, then click on your PE license.
Step 2: Click on “Maintain Relationships” in the Functions menu at left.
Step 3: Click “Add” to locate the engineering firm you wish to qualify. (Do not enter anything in the search fields.)
Step 4: Select “Registry [Your Role: PE]” in the Type of Relationship dropdown menu. Then select “Registry” in the License Type dropdown menu. Next, enter the engineering firm’s registry number in the License Number field. Click “Next.”
Step 5: This screen will show the engineering firm that you will be qualifying. Click “Next” to continue if it is correct.
Step 6: If the Application Summary is correct, click “Submit.”
Step 7: The Affirmation is an electronic signature confirming that you are authorized to qualify the engineering firm. Select “Yes,” then click “Submit” to sign.
Step 8: The Confirmation shows that you have completed the qualifying process. Records are updated hourly, so your change may be listed as “pending” for up to an hour. Click “Return” to return to the main License Menu.
Step 9: If you click on “Maintain Relationships” on the License Menu page (as in Part 2, Step 2), it will take you to the Relations page where you will see a list of the engineering firms that you are qualifying.