Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 440 - Contractors' Registration and Licensing Board
Chapter 10 - General Administration, Registration, Licensing, and Filing Claims
Subchapter 00 - N/A
Part 5 - Rules and Regulations for Home Inspectors and Associate Home Inspectors
Section 440-RICR-10-00-5.7 - Applications for Licensure
Universal Citation: 440 RI Code of Rules 10 00 5.7
Current through September 18, 2024
A. Applications for the licensing of home inspectors and associate home inspectors shall comply with the applicable provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 5-65, 5-65.1, and the following sections of Part 1 of this Subchapter:
1. General
Application: § 1.7.1 of this Subchapter.
2. Examination: § 1.7.2 of
this Subchapter.
3.
Effective Date/Term: § 1.7.3 of this Subchapter.
4. Renewal and Reissuance of
License: § 1.7.4 of this Subchapter.
5. Lapsed License: § 1.7.5 of
this Subchapter.
6.
Military Service License: § 1.7.6 of this Subchapter.
B. Associate Home Inspector Conversion to Home Inspector:
1. An associate home inspector
licensed by the Board may apply for licensure as a home inspector
subject to the following:
a. During the period of licensure
for associate home inspector:
(1)
Meet the requirements for licensure for home inspector.
(2) No fee shall be
charged.
(3) The
effective date of the home inspector license shall be the date of
issuance and shall expire on the same date as the previously issued
associate home inspector license.
2. Upon expiration of a license for
associate home inspector:
a. Meet the requirements for
licensure for home inspector.
C. Grandfather Clause:
1. After the effective date of this
Regulation the Board shall issue a license to any person upon
application, provided that the applicant:
a. Is of good moral character; has
successfully completed high school or its equivalent; has passed an
examination approved or administered by the board. The examination
may have been passed before the effective date of this Regulation,
and either;
b. Has been
engaged in the practice of home inspections for compensation for not
less than one year prior to the effective date of this chapter and
has performed not less than one hundred (100) home inspections for
compensation prior to the effective date of this chapter;
or
c. Is a
registered/licensed contractor in good standing in any state for an
aggregate of not less than five (5) years; or
d. Is of good moral character; has
successfully completed high school or its equivalent, and
e. Has been engaged in the practice
of home inspections for compensation for not less than two (2) years
and performed not less than one hundred fifty (150) home inspections
for compensation prior to the effective date of this
regulation.
D. Reciprocity:
1. Pursuant to R.I.
Gen. Laws. §
5-65.1-8,
the Board shall issue a home inspector license to any person who upon
payment of the requisite fee and submission of a completed
application:
a. Holds a valid
license issued by another state or possession of the United States or
the District of Columbia, which has standards substantially
equivalent to those of this state as determined by the board;
or
b. Is licensed in this
state as a state certified real estate appraiser or to practice
architecture or professional engineering, provided the person meets
the requirements set forth in R.I. Gen. Laws §§
5-65.1-4(a)(1),
(a)(2), and (a)(4)
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