Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. An applicant for
certification as a home inspector shall submit an original completed
application package that contains the following:
1. Evidence of successful completion, within
two years before the date of application, of the National Home Inspector
Examination as administered by the Examination Board of Professional Home
Inspectors;
2. The information in
subsection (B);
3. A completed
fingerprint card;
4. Applicable
fees;
5. Evidence of successful
completion of 84 hours of classroom training or an equivalent course conducted
by an educational facility that is licensed by the Arizona State Board for
Private Postsecondary Education, or accredited by the Distance Education
Accrediting Commission, or by an accrediting agency approved by the United
States Department of Education. The course of study shall encompass all of
following major content areas:
a. Structural
Components,
b. Exterior,
c. Roofing,
d. Plumbing,
e. Heating,
f. Cooling,
g. Electrical,
h. Insulation and Ventilation,
i. Interiors,
j. Fireplaces and Solid Fuel-Burning
Devices,
k. Swimming Pools &
Spas, and
l. Professional
Practice;
6. Evidence of
completion of 30 parallel inspections. The 30 parallel inspections and home
inspection report shall meet the standards in
R4-30-301.01 and be retained by the
applicant for at least two years from the date of application. The applicant
shall conduct these inspections on separate residential dwelling units and
shall list them on a log provided by the Board. The log shall include, with
respect to each inspection, the address of the property, the date of the
inspection, and the name and certification number of the supervising home
inspector. The Board may hold the applicant's package for a period of one year
based solely on the need for time to permit the applicant to complete the
required parallel inspections. All time frames promulgated under A.R.S. Title
41, Chapter 6, Article 7.1 are suspended during this period.
B. The application
package shall contain the following:
1. Name,
residence address, mailing address if different from residence address, email
and telephone number;
2. Date of
birth and Social Security number of the applicant;
3. Citizenship or legal residence;
4. A detailed explanatory statement
regarding:
a. Any disciplinary action,
including suspension and revocation, taken by any state or jurisdiction on any
professional or occupational registration, license, or certification held by
the applicant in any state or jurisdiction, within five years before the date
of application;
b. Refusal of any
professional or occupational registration, license, or certification by any
state or jurisdiction, within five years before the date of
application;
c. Any pending
disciplinary action in any state or jurisdiction on any professional or
occupational registration, license, or certification held by the
applicant;
d. Any alias or other
name used by the applicant;
e. Any
conviction for a felony or misdemeanor, other than a minor traffic violation,
within five years before the date of application.
5. Documentation of absolute discharge from
sentence at least five years before the date of application if an applicant has
been convicted of one or more felonies; evidence of having a valid fingerprint
clearance card issued pursuant to Title 41, Chapter 12, Article 3.1;
6. State or jurisdiction in which any
professional or occupational registration, license or certification is held;
type of registration, license, or certification; number; year granted, and how
registration, license, or certification was granted (that is, by examination,
education, experience, or reciprocity), 4 A.A.C. 30, Supp. 18-2, released June
30, 2018, page 18;
7. A release authorizing
the Board to investigate the applicant's education, experience, criminal and
disciplinary action history;
8. Certification that the
information provided to the Board is accurate, true, and complete;
9. Copy
of one home inspection report that meets the standards in
R4-30-301.01 and reports on at
least one immediate major repair as defined in the standards, along with the
Report Checklist Supplement; and
10. Sworn statement or
statements by the supervising certified home inspector or inspectors that the
parallel inspections conducted by the applicant meet the standards in
R4-30-301.01.
C. The Board staff
shall review all applications and, if necessary, refer completed applications
to the Home Inspector Rules and Standards Committee or a certified home
inspector evaluator for evaluation. If the application is complete and in the
proper form, the Board staff, committee, or evaluator is satisfied that all
statements on the application are true, and the applicant is eligible in all
other aspects to be certified as a home inspector, the Board staff, committee,
or evaluator shall recommend that the Board certify the applicant. If the
evidence is not clear and convincing of qualification for certification, the
matter shall be reviewed by the committee and the committee may request
additional information regarding any issue upon which the applicant has not
established qualification by clear and convincing evidence.
D. A certified
home inspector shall notify the Board in writing within five business days of
any loss of, or change in, financial assurance. The Board shall suspend the
certificate holder's certification immediately and prohibit further home
inspections until current proof of financial assurance is provided to the
Board. The Board shall revoke a certificate if the certificate holder fails to
provide proof of financial assurance within 90 days of loss of financial
assurance or lapse of policy. All certified home inspectors shall provide proof
of financial assurance at the time of each annual certification renewal. The
Board shall not renew a home inspector certification unless the financial
assurance is in full force and effect.
E. A home
inspector who places a home inspector certificate on inactive status shall
retain the proof of financial assurance for at least two years after the date
that the certificate becomes inactive. A home inspector who fails to retain
financial assurance for the required two years is subject to suspension and
revocation of the home inspection certificate as per subsection (E). In order
to reactivate an inactive home inspection certificate, a home inspector shall
provide proof of financial assurance to the Board with the application for
reactivation. An inactive home inspector certification shall not qualify for
reactivation until proof of financial assurance has been submitted to the
Board.
F. In order to
reactivate an inactive home inspector certificate, a home inspector who has not
practiced as a certified home inspector during that time in another state
requiring registration for the previous five years shall take and pass the
National Home Inspector Examination.
