Verification/Approval of Educational Training Activities

(1) At the time of Associate Home Inspector license application, each Trainee is required to submit to the Board a signed statement on a form provided by the Board attesting under the pains and penalty of perjury that he or she has satisfied the Educational Training Hour requirements. (2) For each Educational Training Hours earned by participation in an Education Training Hour Program, the Applicant must be able to provide documentation of the following: (a) The title of the program or course; (b) The number of hours spent in the program or course; (c) The name of the Board recognized entity or the academic institution that sponsored the program or course; (d) The dates and location that the programs, courses, workshops, or seminars were given. (3) The Board may audit an applicant's compliance with the Board's Educational Training Hour requirement. (4) The Board may reject in part or in whole Educational Training Hours, which do not meet the requirements of 266 CMR 5.06(1): General Requirements. (5) The Board may reject any incomplete or inaccurate documentation of Educational Training Hours in part or in whole. (Mass. Register #1567, 02/13/2026) Any individual who wishes to appeal the decision of the Board regarding Educational Training Hour matters must submit a letter of appeal to the Board within 21 days of the receipt of the Board's decision. The applicant must supply the Board with any requested additional data and may be asked to appear before the Board. The Board reserves the right, upon request of Registrant, to allow the Registrant to practice home inspecting during the Board's appeals process. In order to be eligible to be licensed as an Associate Home Inspector, the Trainee must document the successful completion of 25 Home Inspections under the Direct Supervision of a Supervisor(s) as detailed in 266 CMR 3.01(2)(a)6. The Associate Home Inspector must complete an additional 100 Home Inspections under the Direct Supervision and/or Indirect Supervision of a Supervisor(s) as detailed in 266 CMR 3.01(2)(b)5. to be eligible to be licensed as a Home Inspector. The Trainee must document passing the written or electronic examination approved by the Board of Professional Home Inspectors.