Rhode Island General Laws 5-65.1-12. Licensing requirement and prohibitions
(a) Any person who provides, presents, calls, or represents himself or herself as a home inspector for compensation shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-65.1-12
- Associate home inspector: means a person who is employed by a licensed home inspector to conduct a home inspection of a residential building on behalf of a client for a fee under the direct supervision of the licensed home inspector and is licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-65.1-2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Home inspector: means any person licensed as a home inspector to conduct a home inspection of a residential building on behalf of a client for a fee pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-65.1-2
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
(b) No person, not licensed as a home inspector or associate home inspector, shall advertise or hold himself or herself out as a home inspector, or impersonate a home inspector or associate home inspector.
(c) No corporation, firm, association, or partnership shall engage in business as a home inspector or represent itself as an inspection company unless a licensed home inspector as provided in this chapter is continuously engaged in the supervision of its inspections.
History of Section.
P.L. 2000, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 282, § 2.