(a) To be eligible for a home inspector license, an applicant shall:

(1) Have successfully completed high school or its equivalent;

(2) Have earned a home inspector intern permit and performed not less than one hundred home inspections in accordance with subsection (c) of section 20-493b;

(3) Have passed an oral, written or electronic competency examination administered by the department; and

(4) Paid a fee of two hundred dollars.

(b) During the first three hundred sixty-five days following July 1, 2001, the board shall issue to an individual, upon application, a home inspector license, provided the applicant meets the requirements of subdivisions (1), (3) and (4) of subsection (a) of this section and provided further, the individual:

(1) Became engaged in the practice of home inspections for compensation prior to July 1, 2000; and

(2) Has performed not less than eighty home inspections for compensation prior to July 1, 2001.

(P.A. 99-254, S. 7, 8, 18; P.A. 01-116, S. 1, 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 30, 131.)

History: P.A. 99-254 effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-116 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by eliminating requirements that applicants engage as an intern for not less than one year and perform not less than 200 inspections or complete an approved training program, and amended Subsec. (b) by extending grandfather clause from July 1, 2000, to July 1, 2001, by adding reference to Subsec. (a)(3), by eliminating requirement that inspectors engage in practice for not less than two years and by reducing number of home inspections from 160 to 80, effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to provide that 100 home inspections must be performed in accordance with Sec. 20-493b(c), rather than under the direct supervision and in the presence of a license home inspector, effective July 1, 2001.