| (a) Effective January 1, 2013, there shall be an examination
for a real estate inspector license and for a professional inspector
license, consisting of a national part and a state part. The commission
adopts the National Home Inspector Examination developed by the Examination
Board of Professional Home Inspectors for the national part of the
examination. For the state part of the examination, questions shall
be used which measure competency in the subject areas required for
a license by Chapter 1102, and which demonstrate an awareness of its
provisions relating to inspectors. Each real estate inspector applicant
must achieve a score of at least 70% on the state part of the examination.
Each professional inspector applicant must achieve a score of at least
75% on the state part of the examination.
(b) Except as otherwise required by Chapter 1102 or
this section, examinations shall be conducted as provided by §535.61
of this title (relating to Examinations).
(c) The commission may waive the national part of the
examination of an applicant for a real estate or professional inspector
license if the applicant maintains an active license in another state
and has passed the National Home Inspector Examination developed by
the Examination Board of Professional Home Inspectors.
(d) If the applicant has not satisfied all requirements
within one year from the time the commission accepted an application
for filing, including passing both parts of the examination, the application
is terminated and a new application is required.
(e) Examination results are valid for a period of one
year from the date the examination is passed. An examination is considered
passed when an applicant has received a passing grade on both parts
of the examination.
(f) An applicant who fails the examination three consecutive
times may not apply for reexamination or submit a new license application
unless the applicant submits evidence satisfactory to the commission
that the applicant has completed additional core education as follows,
after the date the applicant failed the examination for the third
time:
(1) for an applicant who failed the national part of
the examination, 32 hours;
(2) for an applicant who failed the state part of the
examination, 8 hours; and
(3) for an applicant who failed both parts of the examination,
40 hours.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §535.209 adopted to be effective January 1, 2011, 35 TexReg 11693; amended to be effective September 9, 2012, 37 TexReg 7179; amended to be effective November 21, 2013, 38 TexReg 8235 |
