Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.
440.974 - Rules.

440.974 Rules.
(1) The department shall promulgate rules necessary to administer this subchapter, including rules to establish all of the following:
(a) Standards for acceptable examination performance by an applicant for registration.
(ag) Standards for instruction for purposes of the requirement under s. 440.972 (1) (bg).
(b) Subject to s. 440.975, standards for the practice of home inspection by home inspectors and standards for specifying the mechanical and structural components of improvements to residential real property that are included in a home inspection. The rules promulgated under this paragraph shall include standards for the inspection of carbon monoxide detectors. The rules promulgated under this paragraph may not require a home inspector to use a specified form for the report required under s. 440.975 (3).
(c) Subject to s. 440.975, the information that a home inspector is required to provide to a client concerning the results of the home inspection conducted by the home inspector.
(2) The department shall promulgate rules establishing continuing education requirements for individuals registered under this subchapter. The rules promulgated under this subsection shall require the completion of at least 40 hours of continuing education every 2 years, except that the rules may not require continuing education for an applicant for renewal of a registration that expires on the 1st and 2nd renewal dates after the date on which the department initially granted the registration.
History: 1997 a. 81; 2009 a. 158; 2013 a. 124; 2021 a. 17.

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