New York Real Property Law Article 12-B - HOME INSPECTION PROFESSIONAL LICENSING

• 444-a - Short Title.
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the "home inspection professional licensing act".
• 444-b - Definitions.
  As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Client" means any person who engages or seeks to engage the...
• 444-c - Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.
  1. The secretary shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this article including but not limited to: (a) standards for training including approval of...
• 444-d - License Requirements for Home Inspectors.
  No person shall conduct or represent that he or she has the ability to conduct a home inspection for compensation unless such person is: 1....
• 444-e - Qualifications for Licensure.
  1. An applicant for a license as a home inspector shall: (a) have successfully completed high school or its equivalent; and (b) (i) have successfully...
• 444-f - License Periods, Renewals and Fees.
  1. Home inspector licenses and renewals thereof shall be issued for a period of two years, except that the secretary may, in order to stagger...
• 444-g - Duty of Care of Home Inspectors.
  1. Every home inspector shall comply with the provisions of this article, and the rules, regulations and standards adopted pursuant thereto. The duty of every...
• 444-h - Suspension and Revocation of Licenses.
  1. The secretary may refuse to grant or may suspend or revoke a home inspector license, and may impose a civil penalty not to exceed...
• 444-i - Denial of License; Complaints; Notice of Hearing.
  The department shall, before making a final determination to deny an application for a license, revoke a license, suspend a license, issue a reprimand, or...
• 444-j - Practice of Architecture and Professional Engineering.
  A person regulated by the state of New York to engage in the practice of architecture when acting within the scope of that practice, a...
• 444-k - Liability Coverage.
  1. Every licensed home inspector who is engaged in home inspection shall secure, maintain, and file with the secretary proof of a certificate of liability...
• 444-l - Duties of the Secretary.
  The secretary shall establish such rules and regulations as shall be necessary to implement the provisions of this article.
• 444-m - Construction With Other Laws.
  Nothing in this article shall prevent any licensed engineer, registered architect or any other licensed or regulated profession or governmental employee from acting within the...
• 444-n - Unlicensed Activities.
  The secretary may issue an order requiring restitution and/or directing the cessation of any activity for which a license is required by this article upon...
• 444-o - Violations and Penalties for Unlicensed Activities.
  Any person subject to an administrative order issued by the secretary directing the cessation of any activity for which a license is required and/or suspending...
• 444-p - Judicial Review.
  The action of the secretary in suspending, revoking, or refusing to issue or renew a license, or imposing an order directing the cessation of unlicensed...
• 444-q - Severability.
  In the event it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that any phrase, clause, part, subdivision, paragraph or section, or any of the...

Last modified: February 3, 2019