No. HB 65
Filed under Occupational.
Home Inspectors; Requires that home inspector examination meet specified requirements certified by DBPR; requires home inspectors to maintain errors & omissions insurance policy.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDEvery licensed home inspector must now carry an errors and omissions insurance policy in addition to the general liability policy already required, with each policy covering at least $300,000 separately rather than a combined minimum.
Separately, the state agency that licenses home inspectors can now approve state-specific licensing exams, not just national ones, as long as those exams meet the same accepted testing standards already certified for national exams.
AIHome inspectors must now carry an errors and omissions insurance policy in addition to the commercial general liability policy the law already required.
AIEach required insurance policy - both the general liability policy and the new errors and omissions policy - must independently carry at least $300,000 in coverage, rather than splitting one combined $300,000 minimum between them.
AIThe department may approve state licensing examinations alongside national ones, replacing the old standard of exams from any nationally recognized competence-certifying entity with a specific, referenced testing-standards benchmark.