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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="16-3A-02" title_number="16" title_name="Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors" subtitle_number="3A" subtitle_name="Licensing of Home Inspectors">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To qualify for a license as a home inspector, an applicant must be an individual who meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Prior to July 1, 2002, an applicant for a home inspector license shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>meet two of the following conditions:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>have completed a minimum of 48 hours of an on-site training course approved by a national home inspection organization or the Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>have completed a minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience, as determined by the Commission, immediately preceding the submission of an application;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>have completed at least 100 home inspections for compensation; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>submit proof of full membership in or certification by one of the following national home inspection organizations:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>American Society of Home Inspectors; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>National Association of Home Inspectors;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>have a high school diploma or its equivalent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>have general liability insurance in an amount not less than $50,000;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>submit to the Commission an application on the form that the Commission provides; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>pay to the Commission an application fee of $50.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
