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Iowa currently has pending legislation for home inspectors ? details as of April 1, 2003 are below:
Senate File 400 (formerly SF96) ? a bill for an act providing for the regulation and licensing of home inspectors.
The Iowa Senate Standing Committee approved this on March 17th, 2003.
House File 162 (HF162) - a bill for an act providing for the regulation and licensing of home inspectors.
Feb 11th, 2003 ? Introduced to the Iowa House Standing Committee, referred to Commerce,Regulations, and Labor.
Feb12th, 2003 ? Went to subcommittee.
The last day of Iowa legislative sessions is May 2nd, 2003.
Notable portions of legislation are noted below. Please follow the following link to view HF162 in its entirety - http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/80GA/Legislation/HF/00100/HF00162/030211.html
Excerpt from Sec. 3: HOME INSPECTION LICENSING BOARD ? CREATION ? MEMBERSHIP
Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 543E.3 HOME INSPECTION LICENSING
BOARD ? CREATION ? MEMBERSHIP.
1. A home inspection licensing board is established within
the professional licensing and regulation division of the
department of commerce. The board shall consist of five
members each of which meets all of the following requirements:
a. Is a resident of the state.
b. Is a licensed home inspector.
c. Is a certified member of the Iowa association of home
inspectors.
d. Has been actively engaged in the business of making
home inspections in this state for at least five years.
e. Has performed not less than five hundred home
inspections during the five-year period immediately preceding
the member's appointment.
Proposed requirements for home inspector licensing:
Sec. 6. NEW SECTION. 543E.6 ELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSURE AS
HOME INSPECTOR.
To be eligible for licensure as a home inspector, an
applicant shall fulfill all of the following requirements:
1. Be of good moral character.
2. Successfully complete high school or its equivalent.
3. Acquire the training and experience required by the
board.
4. Pass the national home inspector examination or the
American society of home inspectors examination. An applicant
may meet this requirement by passing the national home
inspector or American society of home inspectors examination
prior to the effective date of this Act.
5. Be engaged as a licensed inspector in training for at
least one year, and perform at least two hundred fifty home
inspections for compensation in compliance with the standards
of practice and code of ethics of this chapter.
Sec. 7. NEW SECTION. 543E.7 REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE
AS A HOME INSPECTOR IN TRAINING.
To be eligible for licensure as a home inspector in
training, an applicant shall fulfill all of the following
requirements:
1. Be of good moral character.
2. Successfully complete high school or its equivalent.
3. Pass an approved course of study, as prescribed by the
board.
4. Perform at least ten home inspections in the presence
of and under the direct supervision of a home inspector.
5. Pass the national home inspector examination or the
American society of home inspectors examination. An applicant
may meet this requirement by passing the national home
inspector or American society of home inspectors examination
prior to the effective date of this Act.
Sec. 11. NEW SECTION. 543E.11 LICENSURE OF PRACTICING
HOME INSPECTORS.
During the first three hundred sixty days after the
effective date of this Act, the board shall issue, upon
application, a home inspector license to a person who does all
of the following:
1. Meets the requirements of section 543E.6, subsections
1, 2, and 4.
2. Has engaged in the performance of home inspections for
compensation for at least three years prior to the effective
date of this Act.
3. Has performed at least three hundred home inspections
for compensation that conform to the standards of practice and
code of ethics set forth by the board pursuant to this
chapter.
Iowa Legislature Website-
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/
State Website ?
http://www.state.ia.us/
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Mark Bailey
Stonegate Property Inspections LLC
Ponca, NE