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Just to be clear; as the statute stands right now there are only 2 methods to be grandfathered into licensure as a Home Inspector:

  *   Certification as a home inspector by a state or national association that requires, for such certification, successful completion of a proctored examination on home inspection services and completion of at least 14 hours of verifiable education on such services; or

  *   At the time of application, have at least 3 years of experience as a home inspector and completion of at least 14 hours of verifiable education on home inspection services. To establish the 3 years of experience, an applicant must submit at least 120 home inspection reports prepared by the applicant. The department may investigate the validity of a home inspection report submitted and, if the applicant submits a false report, may take disciplinary action.

*         The candidate for grandfathering must submit this documentation to the DBPR by March 1, 2011. If accepted the applicants may or may not still have to pass the state administered exam for the license and do so by the effective date of July 1, 2011.

Although it would be nice to kill 2 birds with one stone and receive DBPR CE credit for these courses as well as using the hours for grandfathering purposes, nowhere does it say the 14 hours needed for grandfathering must be approved for CE credit by some board.
                Bottom line is that you may find it difficult to find such an animal. As time moves on it will become vital to act on the grandfathering means of licensure before the window of opportunity closes. If you intend on being grandfathered in I would look for any 14 hour home inspection course that provides a verifiable diploma or completion certificate stating the title of the course and hours attended. I have spoken with Rick Morrison on this matter and this diploma certificate form of documentation will suffice. You will still need however to submit the other required criteria as well.
                Unless those objecting to the current means of licensure are successful in finding a way to have Division I contractors grandfathered in automatically, these home inspection licenses will be golden.

Joe Rebuck
Gold Coast School of Construction

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Robert,

    I've also been performing home inspections for years and desire to "grandfather" into a home inspector license, (the 120 inspections are not an issue, although I think it ridiculous) but an additional requirement is 14 hours of CE on home inspections.

    I'd like to get the home inspector CE where it can also count on my building contractor's license (kill two birds with one stone), but that animal doesn't seem to exist.  I had one CE provider advise that DBPR hasn't yet provided the criterion for them to use to develop the classes.

    Do you have a source for the CE?

C. David Walker
David Walker Building Contractor, LLC


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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:00:57 -0400
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Have a question for the group regarding state licensing. I currently hold a State Certified Drywall license which I use for commercial work, primarily building envelopes, exterior structural metal framing (structural, not load bearing) from single story up to a recently completed 17 story building, all covered under this specialty license. I also hold a State Certified Residential Contractors license. I am now applying for my Home Inspection license by the grandfathering clause. I have been performing inspections not as a primary income but as a part of my construction business since 1994. I will now be holding three State licenses, all for the construction industry, as well as registering my licenses in five counties.  Can I combine my CRC and SCC license? Or will I be able to cancel my SCC license and perform commercial work with my CRC license? Will I be able to combine the Home Inspection license with the Residential license? This is getting costly.  Thanks for the input.

Robert Harvey
L & H Contracting, Inc.
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