440.9712 Registration required. (1) Except as provided in s. 440.9715, no individual may act as a home inspector, use the title “home inspector”, use any title or description that implies that he or she is a home inspector or represent himself or herself to be a home inspector unless the individual is registered under this subchapter. (1m) No business entity may provide home inspection services unless each of the home inspectors employed by the business entity is registered under this subchapter. (2) No business entity may use, in connection with the name or signature of the business entity, the title “home inspectors” to describe the business entity’s services, unless each of the home inspectors employed by the business entity is registered under this subchapter. History: 1997 a. 81.
440.9715 Applicability. A registration is not required under this subchapter for any of the following: (1) An individual who conducts a home inspection while lawfully practicing within the scope of a license, permit or certificate granted to that individual by a state governmental agency. (2) An individual who constructs, repairs or maintains improvements to residential real property, if the individual conducts home inspections only as part of his or her business of constructing, repairing or maintaining improvements to real property and if the individual does not describe himself or herself as a registered home inspector or convey the impression that he or she is a registered home inspector. (3) An individual who conducts home inspections in the normal course of his or her employment as an employee of a federal, state or local governmental agency. History: 1997 a. 81.