| (a) Sponsored Experience and Education Requirements
for a Real Estate Inspector License. To become licensed as a real
estate inspector a person must:
(1) satisfy the 90-hour education requirement for licensure
by completing the following coursework:
(A) Property and Building Inspection Module I, total
40 hours;
(B) Property and Building Inspection Module II, total
40 hours; and
(C) Business Operations and Professional Responsibilities
Module, total 10 hours;
(2) have been licensed as an apprentice inspector on
active status for a total of at least three months within the 12 month
period before the filing of the application;
(3) complete 25 inspections; and
(4) pass the licensure examinations set out in §535.209
of this subchapter (relating to Examinations).
(b) Sponsored Experience and Education Requirements
for a Professional Inspector License. To become licensed as a professional
inspector, a person must:
(1) satisfy the 134-hour education requirement for
licensure by completing the following coursework:
(A) Property and Building Inspection Module I, total
40 hours;
(B) Property and Building Inspection Module II, total
40 hours;
(C) Business Operations and Professional Responsibilities
Module, total 10 hours;
(D) Texas Law Module, total 20 hours; and
(E) Texas Standards of Practice Module, total 24 hours;
(2) have been licensed as a real estate inspector on
active status for a total of at least 12 months within the 24 month
period before the filing of the application;
(3) complete 175 inspections; and
(4) pass the licensure examinations set out in §535.209
of this subchapter.
(c) Sponsored Experience Criteria. To meet the experience
requirements for licensure under subsections (a) or (b) of this section,
or to sponsor apprentice inspectors or real estate inspectors:
(1) the Commission considers an improvement to real
property to be any unit capable of being separately rented, leased
or sold; and
(2) an inspection of an improvement to real property
that includes the structural and equipment/systems of the unit constitutes
a single inspection.
(d) Substitute Experience and Education Requirements
for a Real Estate Inspector License. As an alternative to subsection
(a) of this section, to become a licensed real estate inspector, a
person must:
(1) complete a total of 114 hours of qualifying inspection
coursework, which must include the following:
(A) Property and Building Inspection Module I, total
40 hours;
(B) Property and Building Inspection Module II, total
40 hours;
(C) Business Operations and Professional Responsibilities
Module, total 10 hours; and
(D) Texas Standards of Practice Module, total 24 hours;
and
(2) complete the Texas Practicum, as defined by subsection
(h) of this section; and
(3) pass the licensure examinations set out in §535.209
of this subchapter; and
(4) be sponsored by a professional inspector.
(e) Substitute Experience and Education Requirements
for a Professional Inspector License. As an alternative to subsection
(b) of this section, to become a licensed professional inspector,
a person must:
(1) complete a total of 154 hours of qualifying inspection
coursework, which must include the following:
(A) Property and Building Inspection Module I, total
40 hours;
(B) Property and Building Inspection Module II, total
40 hours;
(C) Business Operations and Professional Responsibilities
Module, total 10 hours;
(D) Analysis of Findings and Reporting Module, total
20 hours;
(E) Texas Law Module, total 20 hours;
(F) Texas Standards of Practice Module, total 24 hours;
and
(2) complete the Texas Practicum as defined by subsection
(h) of this section; and
(3) pass the licensure examinations set out in §535.209
of this subchapter.
(f) Courses completed for a real estate inspector license
under this section shall count towards the identical qualifying inspection
coursework for licensure as a professional inspector.
(g) Experience Credit. The Commission may award credit
for education required under subsections (d) and (e) of this section
to an applicant who:
(1) has three years of experience in a field directly
related to home inspection, including but not limited to installing,
servicing, repairing or maintaining the structural, mechanical and
electrical systems found in improvements to real property; and
(2) provides to the Commission two affidavits from
persons who have personal knowledge of the applicant's work, detailing
the time and nature of the applicant's relevant experience.
(h) Texas Practicum.
(1) To receive credit for completion, the Texas Practicum
must:
(A) be supervised by a licensed inspector who has:
(i) been actively licensed as a professional inspector
for at least five years; and
(ii) at least three years of supervisory or training
experience with inspectors; or
(iii) performed a minimum of 200 real estate inspections
as a Texas professional inspector;
(B) consist of:
(i) a minimum of five complete and in-person inspections,
totaling 40 hours, including the preparation by the applicant of a
written inspection report for each completed inspection; and
(ii) no more than four students per supervising inspector;
and
(C) include a review of each inspection report prepared
by the applicant in which the supervising inspector must find that
each report:
(i) is considered satisfactory for release to an average
consumer; and
(ii) demonstrates an understanding of:
(I) report writing;
(II) client interaction;
(III) personal property protection; and
(IV) concepts critical for the positive outcome of
the inspection process.
(2) An applicant may request credit for completing
the Texas Practicum by submitting to the Commission the credit request
form approved by the Commission.
(3) Audits.
(A) The Commission staff may conduct an audit of any
information provided on the credit request form, including verifying
that the supervising inspector meets the qualifications in paragraph
(1)(A) of this subsection.
(B) The following acts committed by a supervising inspector
conducting the Texas Practicum are grounds for disciplinary action:
(i) making material misrepresentation of fact;
(ii) making a false representation to the Commission,
either intentionally or negligently, that an applicant completed the
Texas Practicum in its entirety, satisfying all requirements for credit.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §535.214 adopted to be effective August 31, 2020, 45 TexReg 6117; amended to be effective June 11, 2023, 48 TexReg 2948; amended to be effective September 11, 2024, 49 TexReg 7042 |
