Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-30-102 - Home Inspection Definitions

The following definitions apply to home inspection requirements in this Chapter:

1. "Parallel Inspection" means a home inspection completed by an applicant during the application process that is supervised by a certified home inspector acting as the Parallel Inspector, in the presence of no more than three other applicants. The applicant shall produce a written report for each Parallel Inspection, which the supervising certified home inspector, serving as the Parallel Inspector, shall review, analyze, correct, and return to the applicant within 10 calendar days after receiving the written report. The Parallel Inspector shall notate and instruct the applicant so that each report meets the Standards of Professional Practice for Arizona Home Inspectors. The applicant shall not perform any fee-paid Home Inspections during this Parallel Inspection period.

2. "Parallel Inspector" means an Arizona Certified Home Inspector who performs parallel inspections for a home inspector applicant so that the applicant can obtain a certification to conduct home inspections. A Parallel Inspector shall be in good standing with the Board and shall not have received any disciplinary action from the Board within the preceding year. The Parallel Inspector shall have been continuously certified by the Board as a Home Inspector for at least three years and shall have conducted at least 250 fee-paid home inspections in the State of Arizona. The Applicant shall provide a signed affirmation from the Parallel Inspector affirming that the Parallel Inspector has met this criteria to the Board with the application for certification.

3. "Peer Review" means a home inspection performed alongside a supervising Peer Reviewer in order to comply with the terms of Board ordered discipline. The Arizona Certified Home Inspector subject to Board ordered discipline shall, at the conclusion of each Peer Review, submit a written Home Inspection Report to the Peer Reviewer for analysis and review. The Peer Reviewer shall notate and instruct the Arizona Certified Home Inspector subject to Board ordered discipline in order for the report to meet the Standards of Professional Practice for Arizona Home Inspectors. The Arizona Certified Home Inspector subject to Board ordered discipline shall not perform any fee-paid Home Inspections during this Peer Review period.

4. "Peer Reviewer" means an Arizona Certified Home Inspector performing peer review inspections for a home inspector subject to Board ordered discipline so that inspector can fulfill the terms of the ordered discipline. A Peer Reviewer shall be in good standing with the Board and shall not have received any disciplinary action from the Board within the preceding three years. The Peer Reviewer shall have been continuously certified by the Board as a home inspector for at least five years and shall have conducted at least 250 fee-paid home inspections in the State of Arizona. The Arizona Certified Home Inspector subject to Board ordered discipline shall provide the Board with a signed affirmation from the Peer Reviewer affirming that the Peer Reviewer has met these criterion at the conclusion of each peer review inspection.

5. "Report Checklist Supplement" a tool designed to assist home inspector applicants, parallel inspectors, peer reviewers, application reviewers, enforcement advisory evaluators and certified home inspectors when reviewing or filling out an application for home inspector certification and a home inspection report. The "Report Checklist Supplement" is not a substitute for the current version of the "Standards of Professional Practice."

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-30-102

Adopted effective August 3, 1983 (Supp. 83-4). Repealed effective December 18, 1991 (Supp. 91-4). New Section made by emergency rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 1102, effective February 19, 2002 for 180 days (Supp. 02-1). Emergency rulemaking amended and renewed for an additional 180 days under A.R.S. § 41-1026(D) at 8 A.A.R. 3842, effective August 14, 2002 (Supp. 02-3). Emergency expired; new Section made by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 791, effective February 12, 2003 (Supp. 03-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 2798, effective August 7, 2004 (Supp. 04-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 1785, effective 8/5/2018. Amended by final rulemaking at 30 A.A.R. 768, effective 5/25/2024.