Nicks statement is not entirely true. You need to read the law and decide for yourself how to proceed
You don’t need a license to do mold inspections in Florida (InterNACHI pushed through legislation that exempts licensed home inspectors from having to get a mold license). However, you should take our mold courses.
Will, I noticed that you oddly failed to state what “is not entirely true” and also failed to provide a link to “the law” you cited. Were those just oversights on your part?
Sure thing. Here is the “entire legislation” that we had passed and signed into law (linked straight from the Florida Senate website). Note lines 37-40:
The part that exempts licensed home inspectors from needing a mold assessor’s license (I’m actually both a Florida licensed home inspector and a Florida licensed mold assessor) is only 3 lines long: Lines 37 through 40.
This exemption is only valid for testing on a property with less than 10 square feet of visible mold, which is non-regulated anyway (nobody has mentioned that fact yet). A HI still cannot hold himself out as a Mold Assessor. And, a HI cannot go any further with an assessment or remediation protocol if test results comeback elevated. It must be deferred to a MRS licence holder. Mark Cramer had this defined by DBPR in a declaratory statement. Any HI out there doing these is on slippery slope and may not be insured at all for mold testing/sampling.
Correct. A licensed home inspector can perform mold tests by law, but not go any further.
A home inspection license doesn’t make a home inspector a mold assessor or a mold laboratory director or a mold remediator or a lawyer or a heart surgeon. You can offer mold testing and perform those mold tests. That’s it.
Mold comes from moisture which is why I included a link to InterNACHI’s free, online Moisture Intrusion Inspection course in my post #2. Consumers want (and are willing to pay for) mold testing combined with moisture intrusion inspections. Give your people what they want.