36-21C-6. Promulgation of rules for licensing and registration. The commission shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 for licensed and registered home inspectors in the following areas:

(1) Standards and requirements for prelicense and continuing education, including qualifications of instructors, procedures for granting a certificate of accreditation, notification of a material change in an approved course offering, suspension, revocation, and denial of course approval, certification of attendance, preregistration, and hours required to renew a license or registration;

(2) A code of ethics and standards of practice;

(3) Fees for applications, examinations, registration, licensure, and renewals, not to exceed two hundred dollars for application and one hundred dollars for renewal;

(4) Procedures and qualifications for application, minimum requirements for examination, procedures for the examination and the administration of the examination, the required score for passing the examination, and procedures for replacement of a license;

(5) Procedures for disciplinary proceedings, including requirements for filing a complaint, dismissal of a complaint, informal and formal resolution of a complaint, formal complaint and answer requirements, final action and review, disqualification of a commission member from a hearing, and authorization for per diem and mileage; and

(6) Procedures for declaratory rulings, petitions for rules, and contested cases.Source: SL 2000, ch 194, § 6.