1. (a)

   1. (1) Home inspector registration must be renewed each year with the exception of initial certificates of registration or they will be placed in an expired status.
   2. (2) Each home inspector registration renewal is December 31 of each year.

2. (b)

   1. (1) An application to renew a registration shall be submitted on a form obtained from the State Board of Appraisers, Abstracters, and Home Inspectors office or on the board’s website.
   2. (2) Applicants may renew electronically through the board’s electronic licensing portal.

3. (c) Renewal notification.

   1. (1) The board shall mail a notice of upcoming registration expiration to each currently registered home inspector no more than sixty (60) days and no less than forty-five (45) days before the expiration of the certificate of registration.
   2. (2) However, neither failure of the board to send such a reminder nor the registered home inspector’s failure to receive such a notice shall excuse the requirement of the registered home inspector to renew a certificate of registration.

4. (d)

   1. (1) Registered home inspectors shall file a timely and sufficient renewal application with the board by the renewal date each year.
   2. (2) An application shall be deemed filed on the date received by the board, the date of electronic submission or, if mailed, the date postmarked, but not the date metered.

5. (e) The board will issue a new certificate of registration indicating the new expiration date after receiving:

   1. (1) Evidence of completion of the required continuing education;
   2. (2) A current certificate of insurance;
   3. (3) The appropriate renewal fee; and
   4. (4) If requested by the board, copies of home inspection reports.

6. (f) Late renewal.

   1. (1) The registration of a home inspector shall be placed in an expired status unless the home inspector submits a timely and sufficient renewal application by the expiration date.

   2. (2)

      1. (A) During the first one hundred eighty-four (184) days of expired status, a registered home inspector may renew their registration by submitting the appropriate renewal form.
      2. (B) This includes the payment of the renewal fees, a late fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per month or partial month elapsed since the renewal date, and submitting the required continuing education reporting form and completion certificates.

   3. (3)

      1. (A) After one hundred eighty-five (185) days up to twelve (12) months of expired status, a registered home inspector may renew their registration by submitting the appropriate renewal form.
      2. (B) This includes the payment of renewal fees and submitting the required continuing education reporting form and completion certificates.
      3. (C) This includes evidence of completion of the ASHI Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics course.

   4. (4)

      1. (A) A registered home inspector who fails to reinstate their registration within twelve (12) months of the expiration date of the registration may reinstate their registration by submitting the appropriate reinstatement form.
      2. (B) This includes payment of the appropriate renewal fee and evidence of the completion of the required continuing education hours.
      3. (C)

7. (i) Registered home inspectors in an expired status must complete all required continuing education that would have been required if the certificate holder was in active status.

   1. (ii) The required hours must also include evidence of completion of the ASHI Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics course.

      1. (D)

         1. (i) Continuing education hours required are fourteen (14) hours per year for each year or partial year the registration was expired plus any continuing education hours required at the time the registration was placed in an expired status.
         2. (ii) For example, number of years expired multiplied by fourteen (14) hours plus number of hours due when registration was placed on expired status equals the total number of continuing education hours that must be submitted.

   2. (5)

      1. (A) Registered home inspectors are not authorized to practice or to hold themselves out to the public as home inspectors during the period of time that his or her registration is expired.
      2. (B) Any violation of this shall be grounds for discipline.
8. (g) These renewal and reinstatement rules do not apply to a person who has had his or her registration revoked or suspended.

Codification Notes: “ASHI” means American Society of Home Inspectors.