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The International
Association of Certified Home Inspectors
(InterNACHI) promotes a high standard of
professionalism, business ethics and inspection
procedures. InterNACHI members subscribe to the
following Code of Ethics in the course of their
business.
- Duty to the Public
- The
InterNACHI member shall abide by the Code of
Ethics and substantially follow the InterNACHI
Standards of Practice.
- The InterNACHI
member shall not engage in any practices that
could be damaging to the public or bring
discredit to the home inspection industry.
- The InterNACHI
member shall be fair, honest, impartial, and act
in good faith in dealing with the public.
- The InterNACHI
member shall not discriminate in any business
activities on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, familial status,
sexual orientation, or handicap and shall comply
with all federal, state and local laws
concerning discrimination.
- The InterNACHI
member shall be truthful regarding his/her
services & qualifications.
- The InterNACHI
member shall have no undisclosed conflict of
interest with the client, nor shall the
InterNACHI member accept or offer any
undisclosed commissions, rebates, profits or
other benefit, nor shall the InterNACHI member
accept or offer any disclosed or undisclosed
commissions, rebates, profits or other benefit
from real estate agents, brokers or any third
parties having financial interest in the sale of
the property nor shall the InterNACHI member
offer or provide any disclosed or undisclosed
financial compensation directly or indirectly to
any real estate agent, real estate broker or
real estate company for referrals or for
inclusion on lists of preferred and/or
affiliated inspectors or inspection companies.
- The InterNACHI
member shall not communicate any information
about an inspection to anyone except the client
without the prior written consent of the client,
except where it may affect the safety of others
or violates a law or statute.
- The InterNACHI
member shall always act in the interest of the
client, unless doing so violates a law, statute
or this Code of Ethics.
- The InterNACHI
member shall use a written contract that
specifies the services to be performed,
limitations of services and fees.
- The InterNACHI
member shall comply with all government rules
and licensing requirements of the jurisdiction
where he/she conducts business.
- The InterNACHI
member shall not perform or offer to perform,
for an additional fee, any repairs or associated
services to structure on which the member or
member's company has prepared a home inspection
report, for a period of 12 months. This
provision shall not include services to
components and/or systems which are not included
in the InterNACHI standards of practice.
- Duty to Continue
Education
- The InterNACHI
member shall comply with InterNACHI's current
Continuing Education Requirements.
- The InterNACHI
member shall pass the InterNACHI's Online
Inspector Exam once every calendar year.
- Duty to the
Profession and InterNACHI
- The InterNACHI
member shall strive to improve the Home
Inspection Industry by sharing his/her lessons
and/or experiences for the benefit of all. This
does not preclude the member from copyrighting
or marketing his/her expertise to other
Inspectors or the public in any manner permitted
by law.
- The InterNACHI
member shall assist the InterNACHI leadership in
disseminating and publicizing the benefits of
InterNACHI membership.
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The
InterNACHI member shall not engage in any
act or practice that could be deemed
damaging, seditious or destructive to
InterNACHI, fellow InterNACHI members,
InterNACHI employees, leadership or
directors. Member(s) accused of acting or
deemed in violation of such rules shall be
reviewed by the Ethics committee for
possible sanctions and/or expulsion from
InterNACHI.
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The InterNACHI
member shall abide by InterNACHI's current
membership requirements.
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The InterNACHI
member shall abide by InterNACHI's current
message board rules.
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