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Rhode Island home inspector license
Rhode Island licenses home inspectors. Anyone paid to inspect residential buildings in the state must hold a license.
From Rhode Island's license law and rules on
- Who licenses
- The Contractors' Registration and Licensing Board.
- Associate home inspector
- An associate works under the supervision of a fully licensed home inspector. An associate may convert to a home inspector license by meeting the home inspector requirements, with no fee.
- Examination
- The examination the board deems necessary, given by an approved third-party testing company at least three times a year.
- Licensed in another state
- The board issues a home inspector license to anyone holding a valid license from another U.S. state, territory or the District of Columbia whose standards the board finds substantially equivalent. For this purpose, substantially equivalent means you passed the National Home Inspector Examination and hold a high school degree, GED or higher education. If you took another examination, petition the board for review. A state-certified real estate appraiser, architect or professional engineer licensed in Rhode Island may also qualify, if they meet the statute's conditions.
- Validity
- Two years from the date issued.
- Continuing education
- Twelve credit hours in each two-year licensing period, including one credit hour of professional ethics and one credit hour on standards of practice.
Sources
- Contractors’ Registration and Licensing Board, “Home Inspector/Associate Home Inspector License”
- Rhode Island Department of State, “Rules and Regulations for Home Inspectors and Associate Home Inspectors”
- Rhode Island Department of State, “General Rules and Regulations for Applications, Registration, Licensing, Claims, Violations, and Administrative Hearings”