Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1477 – Qualifications for licensure; application; fees
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1477
- Applicant: means a person who seeks to be examined for licensure by the board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1473
- Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1473
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Home inspection: means a written evaluation of two or more of the following component systems of a resale residential building:
(a) Electrical system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1473
- Home inspector: means any person who, in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, holds himself out as a home inspector to the general public or engages in the business of performing home inspections on resale residential buildings for compensation and who examines any component of a building, through visual means and through normal user controls, without the use of mathematical sciences. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1473
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
A. The board shall, by rule, establish minimum qualifications for licensing. Applications for licenses and for renewal licenses shall be made in writing to the board on forms provided by the board.
B. The board may charge and collect fees not in excess of the following:
(1) Application for license $200.00
(2) License renewal $100.00
(3) Delinquent renewal $100.00
(4) Initial qualifying/continuing education provider $200.00
(5) Annual renewal for education provider $200.00
(6) Filing for additional course offerings $50.00
(7) Inspection report $5.00
(8) Credit card service fees not to exceed the amount charged to the board by the financial institution.
C. An applicant for licensure as a home inspector shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Attainment of eighteen years of age.
(2) Successful completion of high school or its equivalent.
(3) Passage of the required examination.
(4) Payment of the appropriate fees.
(5) Submission of a license application as prescribed by the board.
(6) Submission of a criminal background request form to the office of state police.
D. Beginning July 1, 2001, any person filing an initial application for licensure shall present evidence to the board that he has satisfactorily completed at least one hundred twenty hours of instruction. At least thirty, but not more than forty, of the required hours shall be obtained in course work containing actual practical home inspections. The remainder of the instruction must be classroom hours in home inspection classwork approved by the board. Satisfactory completion includes attendance of specified hours and passage of an examination on course contents.
Acts 1999, No. 61, §2; Acts 2017, No. 328, §1.