Home Inspection Rules Workshop with DBPR on May 5, 2010.

Local Inspection Issues Florida and SUNachi Inspectors
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The Department of Business and Professional Regulation will be holding a Rules Workshop for Home Inspectors (9:00am - 12:00pm) on May 5, 2010 at 1940 North Monroe Street in Tallahassee Florida.

Please see the link below for details.
http://www.flrules.com/gateway/View_Notice.asp?id=8480242

A copy of the agenda and draft rules is available at the Home Inspectors website, at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/pro/homein/index.html.

If anyone should have questions or concerns about this meeting please call Richard Morrison at 850-922-6020.

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Is this meeting open to the public? Would it be beneficial for home inspectors to attend the meeting?

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Does anyone know if there a phone number we can call in on and listen or any other way to listen in on this meeting?

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Looking forward to hearing what was said. :slight_smile:

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Well… Somebody must know what happened. If you know anything that went down please share the info with us all.

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It will be interesting to see what others think when they read the rules.

The test is the NHIE.
The SOP is under development.
There is 3 or 4 pages of citation items. (looks like that is where dbpr has been focused)

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so did they take the grandfathering back out?

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Well I am still confused and just tried talking to several people at the dbpr and got no where. Does anyone know for sure weather a G.C. will have to get a separate Home Inspector license to perform a Home Inspection or not. I can’t tell by looking at the rules.

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Let the fun begin.

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Doug,

So if I am understanding right I will NOT be able to advertise a home inspection for a fee. But I could offer a Home Inspection Alternative where I give a verbal or even a written assessment that has all of the same things looked at as a home inspection but I could not call it a Home inspection. Example Home Inspection Alternative By a Florida General Contractor or Home Consultation by Florida General Contractor.

Thanks for the info you have already provided and any that is forthcoming.

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No Mike
You can go out and look at something in the course of preparing an estimate, the same as a plumber, electrician , GC always has.
You can not do a home inspection, a home inspection alternative or any other damn thing that could be considered an inspection.

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Mike,
Can you even spell “CLUE”, because you don’t seem to have one.:smiley:

also here is one of the requirements for what it is worth:
(a) Be of good moral character; “good moral character” means a personal history of honesty, fairness, and respect for the rights of others and for the laws of this state and nation as defined by Section 468.8313(5)(a), F.S.

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Bruce and Ed,

Thanks for more asinine useless info. We will see what kind of “damn” stuff I will be allowed to do. I will be sure to post when I find out for sure. :mrgreen:

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I knowI need to be patient but that is alot of requirments to complete by the time it is supposed to be in effect. Just thinking out loud. ARGHHH

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Greg I didn’t see any reference to the grandfather clause in there, and, since there are no licensed inspectors I don’t quite understand how they can require the instructors to be one if there ain’t none? Florida at it’s finest-not!

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I have asked this earlier and no one has commented.

Doesn’t the Govenor still have to sign these bills into law?

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Bruce & Brian–regarding your question about grandfathering http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/pro/homein/grandfathering.html

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Nick,

Will you be making a proctored examination on home inspection services and completion for us members to take? Will the standard courses we take count towards the required 14 hours? Just in case I may need to go that route.

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They were signed into law in 2007.

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That was done in 2007.