Section 0780-05-12-.12 - Inactive Status(1) A licensee may request inactive license status by making application to the Commissioner and paying the applicable fifty dollar ($50.00) fee. A licensee whose license is in inactive status may not directly or indirectly engage in conduct or advertise or claim to be engaging in or conducting the business or acting in the capacity of a home inspector as defined in T.C.A.§ 62-6-302. No continuing education shall be required for renewal of an inactive license. Licensees holding an inactive license are not required to maintain general liability or errors and omissions insurance.(2) To reactivate an inactive license, licensee shall submit an application for reinstatement on a form as prescribed by the commissioner, accompanied by: (a) A reactivation fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00); and(b) A certificate of general liability insurance in the amount of at least five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) and errors and omissions insurance to cover all home inspection activities contemplated in T.C.A.§ 62-6-301 et seq. and the rules promulgated thereunder; and(c) A sworn statement that the licensee has not violated any provisions of the Tennessee Home Inspector Licensing Act of 2005, (T.C.A. 62-6-301, et seq.) or the rules promulgated thereunder while the applicant's license was in inactive status; and(d) If more than two (2) years have passed since the license was placed in an inactive status, the applicant shall, in addition to the requirements set for in T.C.A. 62-6-307(f)(2)(A), also furnish evidence satisfactory to the commissioner tiiat tiie applicant has completed thirty-two (32) hours of commissioner-approved continuing education during the twenty-four (24) months Immediately preceding the date of application for reinstatement.(3) The licensing period for an inactive license shall be Identical to the licensing period for the originally issued active license. Inactive licenses shall be renewed biennially.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-05-12-.12
Original rule filed August 6, 2014; effective 11/4/2014.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 62-6-307 [effective July 1, 2006]; Public Chapter No. 230 and Chapter 65 of the Public Acts of 2005, §§ 4, 6, 11, and 12.