Title 20 — Title 20: Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards

Sec. 20-490. Definitions. As used in sections 20-490 to 20-495a, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Board” means the Home Inspection Licensing Board. (2) “Client” means a person who engages or seeks to engage the services of a home inspector for the purpose of…

Sec. 20-490a. Home Inspection Licensing Board. (a) There shall be, within the Department of Consumer Protection, a Home Inspection Licensing Board. (b) The board shall consist of eight members, to be appointed by the Governor not later than six months after July 1, 2000. The Gove…

Sec. 20-491. Regulations: Home inspectors and home inspector interns. (a) The commissioner, with the advice and assistance of the board, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to: (1) Establish such qualifications for the licensing of home inspe…

Sec. 20-491a. Examinations. The board, with the consent of the commissioner, shall prescribe the form and content of examinations to determine the qualifications of persons who apply for licenses to engage in home inspection. The department shall administer such examinations or m…

Sec. 20-492. License required. Exemptions. (a) No person shall engage in home inspection without a license issued under section 20-492a or subsection (b) of section 20-492b, except that (1) nothing in sections 20-490 to 20-495a, inclusive, shall be construed to apply to an archit…

Sec. 20-492a. Issuance of license. Holder to exhibit license, when. License not transferable. Licensee's disclosure requirements. Expiration. Renewal. Register of home inspectors. (a) The department shall issue to each applicant who achieves a passing score on the examination adm…

Sec. 20-492b. Qualifications for license. Exemptions. (a) To be eligible for a home inspector license, an applicant shall: (1) Have successfully completed high school or its equivalent; (2) Have earned a home inspector intern permit and performed not less than one hundred home in…

Sec. 20-492c. Licensure of out-of-state licensees. Fee. Upon payment to the department of a fee in the amount of one hundred dollars and the submission of a written application provided by the department, the department shall issue a home inspector license to any person who holds…

Sec. 20-492d. List of licensed home inspectors. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection or his or her duly authorized agent shall publish and maintain a list of all home inspectors licensed pursuant to this chapter on the Department of Consumer Protection's Internet web site. Suc…

Sec. 20-493. Application for home inspector intern permit. Fee. (a) Any person seeking a permit as a home inspector intern shall apply to the board, in writing, on forms that the department shall provide stating: (1) Such person's name and residence address; (2) the name of a lic…

Sec. 20-493a. Issuance of intern permit. Holder to exhibit, when. Permit not transferable. Expiration. Renewal. Register of home inspector interns. (a) The department shall issue to each applicant who meets the eligibility requirements set forth in section 20-493b and the regulat…

Sec. 20-493b. Home inspector interns: Qualifications for permit; training program; supervision by licensed home inspector. (a) To be eligible for a home inspector intern permit, an applicant shall: (1) Have successfully completed high school or its equivalent; (2) Have enrolled i…

Sec. 20-494. Disciplinary action. Discontinuance, suspension or rescission of disciplinary action. (a) The board may, by majority vote of the entire board and upon a finding of any cause specified in subsection (c) of section 21a-9: (1) Revoke, suspend or refuse to issue a home i…

Sec. 20-494a. Fines. Civil penalties. (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 20-490 to 20-495a, inclusive, any person who (1) conducts home inspection without having first obtained the license or permit required by said sections, (2) employs or supplies for employment a per…

Sec. 20-495. Hearings. The board may hold hearings on any matter under the provisions of sections 20-490 to 20-495a, inclusive. Such hearings shall be conducted in accordance with the regulations adopted by the commissioner in accordance with section 20-491. (P.A. 99-254, S. 15, …

Sec. 20-495a. Appeals. Any person aggrieved by an order or decision of the board may appeal from such order or decision in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183. (P.A. 99-254, S. 16, 18.) History: P.A. 99-254 effective July 1, 2000.

Secs. 20-496 to 20-499. Reserved for future use.