5B-2.010. Special Inspection and Certification Fees  


Effective on Sunday, May 8, 2016
  • 1(1) Special inspection and certification services that may be provided by the division when requested by farmers, growers or other interested parties may include treatments, pest identifications, plant identifications, investigations, and regulatory activities not otherwise specifically provided for by chapter 581, F.S. The prescribed fees for these special inspections and certifications shall be as follows:

    56Type of Certification

    59Charge

    60Form

    61Inspection and state of origin certificate, Phytosanitary export certificate, Phytosanitary reexport certificate, Post entry quarantine site inspection.

    78Mileage791 80and $50 minimum per inspection85286.

     

    87Other special inspection90291.

    92Temporary inspection fee95296.

    97Mileage981 99and $50 minimum per inspection1042105.

     

    106Follow-up Quarantine Inspections.

    109Mileage1101 111and $50 minimum per inspection1162117.

    118No charge first inspection.

     

    122Phytosanitary export certificate noncommercial (homeowner plants or homeowner plant products).

    132Mileage1331 134and $25 minimum per inspection1392140.

     

    141Cut flower, cut fern.

    145$10 per acre per crop. Inspection plus mileage1531, 154$25 minimum per location.

     

    158Import inspection for commercial shipments of plants or plant products.

    168Mileage1691 170and $50 per hour per inspection from time of arrival to departure, $50 minimum per location.

     

    186Growing season field inspection of bulbs, seed, vegetable and tobacco transplants.

    197$10 per acre per inspection plus mileage2041, 205$25 minimum per location.

     

    209Vegetable transplants, aquatic and annual (bedding) plants (greenhouse, hotbeds, or other growing units).

    222Mileage2231 224and $25 per 10,000 square feet of growing unit space, $25 minimum per location and $10 for each 1000 square feet of approved growing space per inspection.

     

    252Nematode certification.

    254Mileage2551 256and $50 per sample.

    260FDACS-08270, Consolidation Declaration For Florida Nursery Stock Destined To Texas Or Louisiana, Revised 11/15.

    274FDACS-08472, Revised 11/15, Texas/Louisiana Stock Dealer Compliance Agreement.

    282Botany diagnostic fee.

    285$55 per sample.

    288FDACS 08078, Botany Specimen Report, Revised 11/15.

    295Entomology diagnostic fee.

    298$55 per sample.

    301FDACS 08400, Specimen Submission Form, Revised 11/15.

    308Plant Pathology diagnostic fee.

    312$55 per sample.

    315FDACS 08429, Plant Pathology Specimen Report, Revised 11/15.

    323Molecular diagnostic fee.

    326$55 per sample.

    329FDACS 08078, Botany Specimen Report, Revised 11/15.

    336FDACS 08400 Specimen Submission Form, Revised 11/15.

    343FDACS 08429, Plant Pathology Specimen Report, Revised 11/15.

    351FDACS 08077, Nematode Report, Revised 11/15.

    357Lettuce mosaic samples.

    360$90 per sample ($180 if found positive).

    367FDACS 08429, Plant Pathology Specimen Report, Revised 11/15.

    375Nematology diagnostic fee.

    378$55 per sample.

    381FDACS-08077, Nematode Report, Revised 11/15.

    386Caribbean fruit fly protocol participation.

    391Up to $4.00 per acre per month.

    398FDACS-08161, Caribbean Fruit Fly Protocol Program Application For Participation, Revised 11/15.

    409FDACS-08233, Caribbean Fruit Fly Certification Program-Establishment Of McPhail Traps, Revised 11/15.

    420Grades and Standards regrading inspections.

    425Mileage4261 427and $50 per hour per inspector from time of arrival to departure, $50 minimum per inspection4432444.

     

    445Permits for importing regulated organisms.

    450$12.50 per species not to exceed $50 per permit.

    459FDACS-08208, Application And Permit To Move Organisms Regulated By The State Of Florida, Revised 1/13, incorporated by reference in Rule 4795B-57.004, 480F.A.C.

    481(2) Governmental agencies requesting one of the above services for research purposes may be exempt from fees if the following criteria is met:

    504(a) Department staff time does not exceed two hours of an eight-hour work day; and,

    519(b) Department staff is not required to travel greater than fifty miles from employee headquarters.

    5341535Mileage shall be based on the prevailing state mileage rate.

    5452546There shall be a $15 charge for each additional phytosanitary export, phytosanitary reexport, inspection and state of origin, post entry quarantine site inspection and other applicable special inspection certificates written at the same location for the same destination provided no inspection was made.

    589Rulemaking Authority 591570.07(23), 592581.031(23) FS. 594Law Implemented 596581.031 FS. 598History–New 6-15-81, Amended 10-28-85, Formerly 5B-2.10, Amended 7-27-86, 5-6-87, 11-19-89, 5-17-92, 11-29-95, 4-9-96, 10-8-96, 6-12-00, 3-31-02, 11-8-06, 5-8-16.

     

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