Annual Hours Required: Fourteen (14) hours of continuing education coursework shall be completed to fulfill annual registration renewal requirements as follows:
1. Classroom Courses:
a. At least eight (8) hours of coursework must be completed in person by the home inspector with a Board approved instructor teaching the course face-to- face.
b. Classroom coursework must be completed during the 24 months preceding the first day of the home inspector’s next Board-approved registration period.
c. Continuing education classroom course credit may also be achieved by completing individual modules of a Board-approved comprehensive preregistration classroom curriculum if allowed/offered by the provider of such curriculum.
d. Continuing education classroom course credit may also be achieved by the home inspector if he/she is in an instructional setting that permits live real-time communication and interaction with an instructor who is not face-to-face with the inspector, provided however that the Board has approved the specific method whereby student attendance and/or testing at the specific offering can be verified.
2. Distance Learning Courses:
a. No more than six (6) hours of completed coursework may be submitted for registration renewal credit that is completed by written correspondence or through any means where the home inspector does not have the ability to communicate/interact with the instructor in a live real-time setting.
b. This coursework must be completed during the 12 months preceding the first day of the home inspector’s next Board-approved registration period.