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.
1. Duty
to the Public
1. The
InterNACHI member shall abide by the Code of Ethics and
substantially follow the InterNACHI Standards of Practice.
2. The
InterNACHI member shall not engage in any practices that could be damaging to
the public or bring discredit to the home inspection industry.
3. The
InterNACHI member shall be fair, honest, impartial, and act in good faith in
dealing with the public.
4. 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.
5. The
InterNACHI member shall be truthful regarding his/her services &
qualifications.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. The
InterNACHI member shall always act in the interest of the client, unless doing
so violates a law, statute or this Code of Ethics.
9. The
InterNACHI member shall use a written contract that specifies the services to
be performed, limitations of services and fees.
10. The InterNACHI
member shall comply with all government rules and licensing requirements of the
jurisdiction where he/she conducts business.
11. 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.
2. Duty
to Continue Education
1. The
InterNACHI member shall comply with InterNACHI's current Continuing
Education Requirements.
2. The
InterNACHI member shall pass the InterNACHI's Online Inspector
Exam once every calendar year.
3. Duty
to the Profession and InterNACHI
1. 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.
2. The
InterNACHI member shall assist the InterNACHI leadership in disseminating and
publicizing the benefits of InterNACHI membership.
3. 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.
4. The
InterNACHI member shall abide by InterNACHI's current membership requirements.
5. The
InterNACHI member shall abide by InterNACHI's current message board rules.