No. SB 360
Filed under Occupational.
Home Inspectors; Revising elements of the required course of study for home inspectors; revising home inspector disclosure requirements; requiring home inspectors to maintain an errors and omissions insurance policy in a specified amount, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDHome inspectors must now carry a separate errors and omissions insurance policy alongside their existing general liability policy, and the minimum coverage for each policy rises from $300,000 to $500,000.
The required pre-licensure course of study grows from 120 to 150 hours and must now include wind mitigation, four-point inspections, roof certifications, Florida Building Code basics, and report writing.
Continuing education for renewal rises from 14 to 20 hours over a 3-year cycle instead of 2, with more hours devoted to hurricane mitigation and a new Florida Building Code component.
Inspectors can now satisfy the pre-inspection disclosure requirement by giving a consumer just their license number, instead of a physical copy of the license document itself.
AIA home inspector must now carry both a commercial general liability policy and a separate errors and omissions insurance policy, each with minimum coverage of $500,000, up from a single $300,000 policy before.
AIAn applicant must complete at least 150 hours of coursework covering the home's structure and systems, up from 120 hours, before taking the licensing examination.
AIWithin the expanded course of study, at least 8 hours must specifically cover basic Florida Building Code content and at least 8 hours must cover report writing, including a hands-on practical component.
AIA license cannot be renewed unless the inspector completed at least 20 hours of continuing education in the preceding 3 years, up from 14 hours over a 2-year cycle.
AIOf the required continuing education hours, at least 2 hours must now specifically cover Florida Building Code requirements, a topic not previously mandated on its own.
AIBefore starting a home inspection, an inspector may satisfy the disclosure requirement by giving the consumer either a copy of the license or just the license number.