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 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.
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.
The InterNACHI member shall abide by InterNACHI's current membership
requirements.
The InterNACHI member shall abide by InterNACHI's current message board
rules.
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