489.519  Inactive status.--

(1)  A certificate or registration that has become inactive may be reactivated under s. 489.517 upon application to the department. The board may prescribe, by rule, continuing education requirements as a condition of reactivating a certificate or registration. The continuing education requirements for reactivating a certificate or registration may not exceed 12 classroom hours for each year the certificate or registration was inactive.

(2)  The board shall impose, by rule, continuing education requirements for voluntary inactive certificateholders, when voluntary inactive status is sought by certificateholders who are also building code administrators, plans examiners, or inspectors certified pursuant to part XIII of chapter 468.