815 KAR 6:020. Advertising by home
inspectors.
RELATES TO: 198B.706(15), 198B.712, EO
2009-535
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 198B.706, EO
2009-535
NECESSITY, FUNCTION AND CONFORMITY: KRS
198B.706 requires the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors to promulgate administrative
regulations necessary to enforce the provisions of KRS 198B.700 to 198B.738. necessary
to enforce the provisions of KRS 198B.700 to 198B.738. EO 2009-535, effective
June 12, 2009, reorganized the Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction as
the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, and established the
commissioner, rather than executive director, as the head of the department. This
administrative regulation establishes guidelines for advertising by home
inspectors, so that customers and citizens may properly identify licensed
inspectors.
Section 1. License Number to be
Displayed. Except as provided in Section 2 of this administrative regulation,
every person claiming to be a home inspector shall identify his or her license
number in all advertising disseminated, either directly or indirectly, to the
general public.
Section 2. Exceptions. This
administrative regulation shall not apply to novelty items distributed by the
licensed home inspector.
Section 3. Vehicle Identification. (1) A
vehicle used in advertising the operation of a home inspector business shall
bear the license number of the home inspector in a conspicuous location and
shall be composed of letters and numbers not less than two (2) inches high.
(2) The numbers and letters of the
license shall be visible and legible while the vehicle is being operated.
Section 4. Business Entities. if the home
inspector is operating under the name of a business entity, the requirements of
this administrative regulation shall be satisfied by displaying the license number
of one the owner or an employee of the business who is a licensed home
inspector. (32 Ky.R. 2402; Am. 33 Ky.R. 779; eff. 10-6-2006; 36 Ky.R. 687;
1037; eff. 12-4-2009.)
