§1479. License issuance and renewal; appearance on documents

A. Licenses shall be issued for a period of one year and shall expire on the last day of the month of issuance in the preceding year. Licenses which are not timely renewed shall be considered to be expired, and any home inspections performed after expiration of the license shall be deemed a violation of this Chapter.

B. Any licensee who fails to timely renew his license may thereafter renew by paying the appropriate renewal and delinquent fees, filing a renewal application, and completing all continuing education requirements accruing during the period of delinquency. The period for delinquent renewal of an expired license shall be limited to the twelve-month period immediately following the expiration date of the active license. Failure to renew an expired license during such twelve-month period shall require the licensee to pass the board approved licensing examination in addition to paying the appropriate renewal and delinquent fees, filing a renewal application, and completing all continuing education requirements accruing during the period of delinquency. Failure to renew an expired license within the thirty-six-month period immediately following the expiration date of the active license shall, in addition to the above requirements, require the licensee to retake and pass ninety hours of classroom education as set forth in the rules and regulations of the board and to take a standards of practice and code of ethics report writing seminar offered by the board or an education provider approved by the board.

C. Licenses shall be in a form prescribed by the board.

D. The term "licensed home inspector" or "L.H.I." along with the license number of the inspector, shall appear on all advertising, correspondence, reports, and documents incidental to a home inspection.

Acts 1999, No. 61, §2; Acts 2008, No. 130, §1; Acts 2010, No. 751, §1; Acts 2017, No. 328, §1.