I am looking into what it takes to become a Virginia ‘certified’ HI. Here is an excerpt from the state code:
**[FONT=Calibri]18 VAC 15-40-30. Qualifications for certification.[/FONT]**
[FONT=Calibri]Every applicant for an individual home inspector certificate shall have the following qualifications:[/FONT]
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[FONT=Calibri]1. The applicant shall be at least 18 years old.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Calibri]2. The applicant shall meet the following educational and experience requirements:[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri]a. High school diploma or equivalent; and[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri]b. One of the following:[/FONT]
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[FONT=Calibri](1) Completed 35 contact hours of classroom instruction and have completed a minimum of 100 home inspections; or[/FONT]
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[FONT=Calibri](2) Completed 70 contact hours of classroom instruction and have completed a minimum of 50 home inspections. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Calibri]Instruction courses shall cover the content areas of the board-approved examinations.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Calibri]An applicant who cannot fulfill the classroom instruction requirement as outlined in this subsection may substitute a minimum of 10 years of experience as a home inspector to satisfy this requirement. The experience substitution is subject to board review and approval.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Calibri]3. The applicant shall have passed a written competency examination approved by the board.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Calibri]4. The board may accept proof of membership in good standing, in a national or state professional home inspectors association approved by the board, as satisfaction of subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 of this section, provided that the requirements for the applicant's class of membership in such association are equal to or exceed the requirements established by the board for all applicants.[/FONT]
My question has to do with number 4 above. I have searched the DPOR for VA and cannot find a list of “[FONT=CGTimes]national or state professional home inspectors association approved by the board”, and as a member of NACHI I was wondering, how do I find out if being a member in good standing with NACHI exempts me, as number 4 states above, from number 1 thru 3?[/FONT]