§ 5-65.1-12. Licensing requirement and prohibitions.
(a) Any person who provides, presents, calls, or represents himself or herself as a home inspector for compensation shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) No person, not licensed as a home inspector or associate home inspector, shall advertise or hold himself or herself out as a home inspector, or impersonate a home inspector or associate home inspector.
(c) No corporation, firm, association, or partnership shall engage in business as a home inspector or represent itself as an inspection company unless a licensed home inspector as provided in this chapter is continuously engaged in the supervision of its inspections.
History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 282, § 2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-65.1 - Home Inspectors
Section 5-65.1-1. - Short title.
Section 5-65.1-2. - Definitions.
Section 5-65.1-3. - Board — Powers and duties.
Section 5-65.1-4. - Eligibility for licensure as home inspector.
Section 5-65.1-5. - Eligibility for licensure as associate home inspector.
Section 5-65.1-6. - Identification cards and mandatory disclosures.
Section 5-65.1-7. - Applicability.
Section 5-65.1-8. - Reciprocity.
Section 5-65.1-10. - Insurance requirements.
Section 5-65.1-11. - Grounds for discipline — Injunctions.
Section 5-65.1-12. - Licensing requirement and prohibitions.
Section 5-65.1-13. - Violations — Penalties.
Section 5-65.1-14. - Home inspector appointments to the board.