Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4109 – Home inspector trainee; requirements of supervision
(a) Persons, who are presented to the Board by a supervising home inspector for registration as a home inspector trainee, shall provide a statement to the Board that the trainee:
(1) Shall perform only those specific functions, which have been delineated in the supervising home inspector’s statement;
(2) Shall practice only under the direct supervision of a licensed home inspector;
(3) Shall identify themselves to the public as a home inspector trainee;
(4) Shall not have been convicted of a crime that is substantially related to the practice of home inspection; however, if after consideration of the factors set forth under § 8735(x)(3) of Title 29 through a hearing or review of documentation the Board determines that granting a waiver would not create an unreasonable risk to public safety, the Board, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the quorum, shall waive this paragraph (a)(4).
a.-d. [Repealed.]
(5) Has acquired the required training and experience requirements to act as a home inspector trainee as may be established by the Board, including any educational courses of study as established by the Board.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4109
- Board: shall mean the State Board of Home Inspectors established in this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4102
- Home: shall mean any residential property, or manufactured or modular home, which is a single-family dwelling, duplex, triplex, quadruplex, condominium unit, or cooperative unit. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4102
- Home inspection: shall mean a visual analysis for the purposes of providing a written professional opinion of the condition of a building and its carports and garages, any reasonably accessible installed components and the operation of the building systems, including the controls normally operated by the owner, for the following components of a residential building of 4 units or fewer: heating system; electrical system; cooling system; plumbing system; structural components; foundation; roof covering; exterior and interior components; and site aspects as they affect the building. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4102
- Licensed home inspector: shall mean a person, who has met the licensing requirements of this chapter and who holds a current, valid license issued under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4102
- Person: shall mean an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, joint stock company, limited partnership, limited liability company, and any other legal entity and includes a legal successor of those entities. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4102
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Substantially related: shall mean the nature of the criminal conduct for which the person was convicted, has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform 1 or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to the practice of home inspecting. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4102
- Trainee: shall mean a person who has satisfied the requirements as set forth in § 4109 of this title and any requirements as set forth in the rules and regulations as established by the Board. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4102
(b) An applicant, who has been registered by the Board as a home inspector trainee, may assist in the completion of a home inspection report, and may co-sign a home inspection, provided that the home inspector trainee is actively and personally supervised by a licensed home inspector.
(c) In addition, the supervising licensed home inspector shall review and sign all home inspection reports prepared under the supervising licensed home inspector’s supervision by the home inspector trainee and shall accept total responsibility for the home inspection report.
(d) No person, while registered as a home inspector trainee, shall be required to pay any fee, charge or other thing of value to a supervising licensed home inspector, or be required to execute a covenant not to compete with a supervising licensed home inspector, as a condition of satisfying the home inspector trainee requirements of this subchapter.
(e) The Board in its regulations shall determine the number of home inspector trainees that a supervising home inspector may supervise and the requirements of their supervision.
78 Del. Laws, c. 170, § ?1; 79 Del. Laws, c. 126, § ?2; 79 Del. Laws, c. 392, § ?1; 82 Del. Laws, c. 9, § 4; 83 Del. Laws, c. 433, § 29;