La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XL-115

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XL-115 - Licensing Applications; Forms; Terms; Renewals; Inactive Status

A. Initial home inspector license applications are to be made on approved forms supplied by the board. Each applicant shall complete all chapters of the application. The application shall also be notarized and accompanied by two current passport sized photographs of the applicant. The application shall contain the applicants Social Security number, however, the number shall be deleted or blackened out from any public record.

B. Upon renewal of a license, the licensee shall submit a copy of a completed inspection report form from the previous licensing period. Client information, including name, phone number, email and inspection fee amount, may be deleted from the form. Reports must comply with §123 of this Chapter.

C. Licenses shall be renewed on an annual basis. Licenses shall expire one year after the last day of the month of issuance of the preceding year. Renewal requests shall be made on approved renewal application forms supplied by the board and must be received at least two weeks prior to the expiration date of the current license. Each applicant shall complete all Chapters of the renewal application.

D. Any licensee who fails to timely renew his license may thereafter obtain renewal upon filing a renewal application and upon paying the appropriate renewal and delinquent fees. The period for delinquent renewal of an expired license shall be limited to the 12-month period immediately following the expiration date of the active license. Failure to renew an expired license during such 12-month period shall require the former licensee to pass the board approved licensing examination, pay the appropriate renewal and delinquent fees, file a renewal application, and complete all continuing education requirements accruing during the period of delinquency. Failure to renew an expired license within the 36-month period immediately following the expiration date of the active license shall, in addition to the above requirements, retake and pass 90 hours of classroom education as set forth in the board rules; obtain 10 hours of instruction and training from a certified infield trainer, as provided for in §119. C 3, and take the standards of practice and Code of Ethics report writing seminar offered by the board or other board approved education provider Any home inspection performed during an expiration period is considered a violation and shall subject the licensee to disciplinary action by the board.

E. A licensee may hold inactive status by maintaining license renewals and continuing education requirements. All insurance requirements for inactive licensees are waived. Licensees holding inactive status shall not perform home inspections.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XL-115

Promulgated by the Department of Economic Development, Board of Home Inspectors, LR 26:2740 (December 2000), amended by the Office of the Governor, Board of Home Inspectors, LR 30:1687 (August 2004), LR 36:2858 (December 2010), LR 37:2405 (August 2011), LR 41:919 (May 2015), Amended by Office of the Governor, Board of Home Inspectors, LR 431910 (10/1/2017), Amended LR 482288 (9/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1475-1477 and R.S. 37:1479.