Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1480 – Continuing education requirements
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1480
- Applicant: means a person who seeks to be examined for licensure by the board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1473
- Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1473
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Home inspection: means a written evaluation of two or more of the following component systems of a resale residential building:
(a) Electrical system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1473
- Home inspector: means any person who, in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, holds himself out as a home inspector to the general public or engages in the business of performing home inspections on resale residential buildings for compensation and who examines any component of a building, through visual means and through normal user controls, without the use of mathematical sciences. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1473
A. As a condition of renewal of a license, a licensed home inspector shall present satisfactory evidence to the board of having completed the continuing education requirements provided for in this Section.
B. Each applicant for renewal of a license shall annually complete at least twenty hours of instruction in courses approved by the board.
C. An applicant for renewal of a license may satisfy all or part of the continuing education requirements provided for in Subsection B of this Section by presenting satisfactory evidence to the board of participation, other than as a student, in educational processes and programs in home inspection practices or techniques including but not limited to teaching, program development, and preparation of textbooks, monographs, articles, or other instructional material subject to approval of the board.
Acts 1999, No. 61, §2.