SB 6229 - DIGEST

Provides that, in order to safeguard life, health, and property, and to promote the public welfare, any person in either public or private capacity practicing or offering to practice home inspecting, is required to submit evidence that he or she is qualified to practice and must be certified as provided in this act. It is unlawful for any person to practice or to offer to practice home inspections in this state, or to use in connection with the person's name or otherwise assume, use, or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that the person is a home inspector, unless the person has been duly registered under the provisions of this act.

Provides that any person who engages in, or offers to engage in, home inspections in this state without being registered in accordance with this act, or any person presenting or attempting to use as his or her own the certificate of registration or the seal of another, or any person who gives any false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or to any member thereof in obtaining a certificate of registration, or any person who falsely impersonates any other registrant, or any person who attempts to use the expired or revoked certificate of registration, or any person who violates any of the provisions of this act is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

Declares that it is the duty of all officers of the state or any political subdivision thereof, to enforce the provisions of this act. The attorney general shall act as legal adviser of the board, and render such legal assistance as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act.