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Kentucky home inspector license
The Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors licenses home inspectors, and an applicant needs a board-approved 64-hour course with field training, a passing score on the board's examination and general liability insurance of at least $250,000.
Kentucky's statutes and regulations, checked on
- Who licenses
- The Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, attached to the Department of Professional Licensing.
- Who can apply
- At least 18 years old, with a high school diploma or a high school equivalency diploma, and meeting any other criteria the board sets by regulation.
- Education
- A board-approved course of 64 credit hours. It includes 16 hours of field training, of which no more than 8 may be in a laboratory, and an exit examination with a passing score.
- Field inspections
- Three unpaid home inspections under the direct supervision of a Kentucky licensed home inspector. Each needs a satisfactory written report submitted to the course provider. These come in addition to the 16 hours of field training.
- Examination
- A passing score on an examination the board prescribes or approves. The board's rule requires at least 200 questions and third-party accreditation, such as by the Buros Center for Testing.
- Insurance
- General liability insurance of at least $250,000, from an insurer authorized in Kentucky. The board is the certificate holder. The board gets at least ten days' written notice before the policy is cancelled or not renewed.
- License term
- An initial license expires on the last day of your birth month in the year after it is issued. A renewed license expires on the last day of your birth month in each even-numbered year.
- Renewal
- Pay the renewal fee of $200 for each year of licensure, and any late fee. Submit a Kentucky State Police background check and a copy of an inspection report you compiled in the 12 months before renewal.
- Continuing education
- If you renew in an odd-numbered year, at least 14 hours per license year. If you renew in an even-numbered year, at least 28 hours in the two-year period. The board may not require more than 30 hours per two-year license cycle.
- Out-of-state applicants
- Two routes. By reciprocity under KRS 198B.714, you apply on form KBHI-1 with its attachments and pay the fee. As a nonresident licensee, you do the same and also file a Consent to Service of Jurisdiction, form KBHI-8, under KRS 198B.716.
Sources
- Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, “KRS 198B.704 Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors – Members – Removal – Compensation – Meetings”
- Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, “KRS 198B.712 License required – Qualifications – Application – Insurance – Fee”
- Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, “Title 831 Chapter 2 Regulation 040”
- Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, “KRS 198B.722 Expiration of license – Renewal – Continuing education – Inactive license”
- Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, “Title 831 Chapter 2 Regulation 020”