Oklahoma Committee of Home Inspector Examiners Continuing Education Information
Home inspectors are licensed in the State of Oklahoma by the State Board of Health through the Committee of Home Inspector Examiners. The Oklahoma State Home Inspectors Act was implemented on July 1, 2003. There are requirements for both pre-licensing education and continuing education for renewals.
The requirements for a Oklahoma Home Inspectors are license are:
§59-858-629. Home inspector examination - Application and qualifications – Licensure with or without exam.
A. Any individual of good moral character eighteen (18) years of age or older who has successfully completed fifty (50) clock hours of home inspection training or its equivalent as determined by the Committee of Home Inspector Examiners may apply to take a home inspector examination. Application shall be made on forms prescribed by the State Department of Health, shall contain information as required by the State Board of Health upon advisement of the Committee, and shall be accompanied by evidence of successful completion of the required training. Examinations may be held in vocational and technical schools or in other locations as determined by rule.
B. If, from the application filed, answers to inquiries, complaints, or information received, or investigation, it appears to the Department that the applicant is not qualified, the Committee shall deny approval of the application and shall give notice of that fact to the applicant.
C. Upon approval of the application and the payment of the applicant of an examination fee, the applicant shall be scheduled to appear in person for an examination on the subjects prescribed by the Committee.
D. If the Department determines that the applicant has successfully passed the examination or an equivalent examination as determined by the Committee, the Department shall, upon the payment of the license fee and submission of other documents as required by the Home Inspection Licensing Act
or rules promulgated pursuant to the Home Inspection Licensing Act, issue to the applicant a license which shall authorize the applicant to perform home inspections.
Oklahoma only requires 5 hours of continuing education a year. i-Course is not a Oklahoma approved provider for continuing education. The renewal requirements in Oklahoma are:
§59-858-631. License term - Continuing education requirement - Inactive status
A. The license term for a home inspector shall be one (1) year. The license shall expire twelve (12) months from the date of issuance. The license fee and each renewal or reactivation thereafter shall be payable in advance, which shall not be refundable.
B. As a condition of license renewal or reactivation, each home inspector shall submit to the Department evidence of having attended five (5) clock hours of continuing education within the twelve
(12)
months immediately preceding the term for which the license is to be issued. Except as otherwise provided for in this section, the Department shall not issue a renewal license or reactivate a license unless the continuing education requirement set forth in this section is satisfied within the prescribed time period.
C.
Any licensee who fails to renew before the license expiration date shall be required to submit to such additional requirements or penalties, or both, as the Board may require pursuant to rule.
D.
The Department may place the license of a home inspector on inactive status when the licensee gives sufficient reason; however, such status shall not relieve the licensee from paying the required fees. Continuing education shall not be required during the period a license is on inactive status. Prior to the license being placed on an active status, the licensee shall be required to complete the five-hour continuing education requirement. If the holder of the inactive license has been in the military service during the entire time of inactive license status, only five (5) clock hours of continuing education and the license fee shall be required for the reactivation of the license.