BILL REQ. #:  S-3658.1 

Read first time 01/14/10.   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

     AN ACT Relating to requiring the home inspector advisory licensing board to provide for classroom instruction in both eastern and western Washington; and amending RCW 18.280.060.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 18.280.060 and 2008 c 119 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
     The board has the following authority in administering this chapter:
     (1) To establish rules, including board organization and assignment of terms, and meeting frequency and timing, for adoption by the director;
     (2) To establish the minimum qualifications for licensing applicants as provided in this chapter;
     (3) To approve programs of classroom instruction that may be taken by applicants to meet their qualifications of licensure. Approved programs must be offered in both eastern and western Washington;
     (4) To approve the method of administration of examinations required by this chapter or by rule as established by the director;
     (((4))) (5) To approve the content of or recognition of examinations prepared by other entities for adoption by the director;
     (((5))) (6) To set the time and place of examinations with the approval of the director; and
     (((6))) (7) To establish and review standards of professional conduct, practice, and ethics for adoption by the director. These standards must address what constitutes certain fire and safety hazards as used in RCW 18.280.030.