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SOP Changes, Legal Issues & Legislative Happenings-2008
New changes to the Plumbing section in the Standards of Practice took effect March 7, 2008. It has become law and is now required to be included in your mandated handout to the consumer. Download all the documents in the "Mandated handout..." posted under "Helpful Information".
Update 11/07 Lic Board Meeting: The Licensing Board has proposed extending the amount or continuing education credits needed for licensing renewal. It also includes a prorated system for first time licensees who at this time are not required to have any CEs until they are in a full 24 month cycle. The proposal also includes changing an intern permit to 1 year instead of 2 years and requirings continuing education requirements to commence at the first permit renewal date. We will keep you up to date as this proposal progresses.
LEGISLATIVE ALERT! 2008 Session starts Feb 6, 2008
This could be a very difficult session for the people in general and small businesses in particular due to the continued growth in spending and new special programs and services being proposed. We will try to keep you up on things and try to notify you of any public hearings scheduled on issues of concern to home inpsectors in particular in which we all need to get involved. Check this section often to stay informed.
New Supervisor/Intern regulation 1/24/06
The regulation changes stated below passed the Rules & Regulations Legislative Committee on January 24, 2006 and was sent to the Secretary of State for her signature and published in the CT Law Journal where it is now the law. Review the history of the change & general information below, and view a copy of the drafted text in our October 2004 newsletter which can be found in our newsletter archives.
These changes/clearifications deal with both the intern & supervisor keeping a log for each inspection and containing: client's name, address of property inspected, description of areas inspected, indication of whether the suppervision was either direct or indirect, and the supervisor's initials and license number.
These Regulations state that only one intern may be present during the direct supervision requirement period at any one site. Only one intern may receive credit towards their 100 inspections requirement for any home inspection conducted at any one site.
The licensed supervisor shall: accept legal responsibility for all home inspection work performed by such intern, including all resulting written inspection reports, inspection review reports,
consulting reports and work product by signing and certifying that each report has been reviewed and is in compliance with the Home Inspection Standards of Practice.
There are a few other requirements of the supervisor included in these regulations. A copy of the full text of these proposals are published in our October 2004 newsletter and may be viewed in the newsletter archives.
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| 9/24 | | Monthly Meeting: Eric R. Plimpton from TRC Environmental Corp. will present a "Hazardous Building Materials Issues" encountered by Home Inspectors including Asbestos, Lead Paint, Mold, Radon, IAQ, Soil Vapor Intrusion, Mercury and Others. | | |
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