Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XL - Home Inspectors › Chapter 1 - General Rules › Section XL-115 - Licensing Applications; Forms; Terms; Renewals; Inactive Status

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Initial home
				inspector license applications are to be made on approved forms supplied by the
				board. Each applicant shall complete all chapters of the application. The
				application shall also be notarized and accompanied by two current passport
				sized photographs of the applicant. The application shall contain the
				applicants Social Security number, however, the number shall be deleted or
				blackened out from any public record.
B. Upon renewal of a license, the licensee
				shall submit a copy of a completed inspection report form from the previous
				licensing period. Client information, including name, phone number, email and
				inspection fee amount, may be deleted from the form. Reports must comply with
				§123 of this Chapter.
C. Licenses shall be renewed on an annual
				basis. Licenses shall expire one year after the last day of the month of
				issuance of the preceding year. Renewal requests shall be made on approved
				renewal application forms supplied by the board and must be received at least
				two weeks prior to the expiration date of the current license. Each applicant
				shall complete all Chapters of the renewal application.
D. Any licensee who fails to timely renew his
				license may thereafter obtain renewal upon filing a renewal application and
				upon paying the appropriate renewal and delinquent fees. The period for
				delinquent renewal of an expired license shall be limited to the 12-month
				period immediately following the expiration date of the active license. Failure
				to renew an expired license during such 12-month period shall require the
				former licensee to pass the board approved licensing examination, pay the
				appropriate renewal and delinquent fees, file a renewal application, and
				complete all continuing education requirements accruing during the period of
				delinquency. Failure to renew an expired license within the 36-month period
				immediately following the expiration date of the active license shall, in
				addition to the above requirements, retake and pass 90 hours of classroom
				education as set forth in the board rules; obtain 10 hours of instruction and
				training from a certified infield trainer, as provided for in
				§119. C 3, and take the
				standards of practice and
Code of Ethics
report writing
				seminar offered by the board or other board approved education provider Any
				home inspection performed during an expiration period is considered a violation
				and shall subject the licensee to disciplinary action by the board.
E. A licensee may hold inactive status by
				maintaining license renewals and continuing education requirements. All
				insurance requirements for inactive licensees are waived. Licensees holding
				inactive status shall not perform home inspections.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:1475-1477 and
				  R.S.
				  37:1479.