Standards of Practice, Licensing Law and Regulations, Contracts, Report Writing & Communications & Codes of Ethics – 12 Hours

This 12- hour course, taught by a Kentucky attorney with nearly 30 years experience in court, focuses on the law that directly affects home inspections and home inspectors. The instructor has lectured at previous KREIA conventions/seminars and other CLE courses. The course begins with Kentucky law (both statutory and regulatory) on home inspectors, licensing, and duties. This includes data the inspector may rely upon and methods of incorporating or “flagging” such data (such as listing information on age of a structure, etc.). It also includes the evolution of ethical standards and their current status in Kentucky. The second segment summarizes (since students have had detailed introductions in each subject area) the three existing national Standards of Practice adopted in Kentucky and provides updates as Kentucky moves toward adoption of Kentucky SOPs. The third segment considers the impact and uses of SOPs and licensing regulations in the context of controversies and litigation. It will include current information on consumer complaint procedures (and alternative dispute resolution options, such as Better Business Bureau or American Arbitration Association mediation and arbitration), including those put in place by Kentucky and comparisons with other states. The fourth segment is an overview of the Kentucky law of contracts (including limitations of liability, Kentucky statues affecting home inspectors, and enforcement of contract provisions, such as arbitration clauses and mold exceptions), risk-shifting (such as insurance), and allocation of liability. Finally, the course concludes with the variety of legal requirements affecting home inspection businesses, from state and federal taxation of various forms of businesses (and how they are formed in Kentucky), to non-discrimination/anti-harassment/non-retaliation requirements under various state and federal laws, to citizenship/Homeland Security requirements, to privacy laws (including credit card security, uses of personal information, and Internet issues). Through the use of a power point presentation in a classroom environment along with multiple examples drawn from actual cases and controversies, when the student successfully completes a final exam, they will have earned 12 credit hours.

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