Illinois Standards of Practice and Legal Issues for Home Inspectors Course

 
Welcome to InterNACHI's free, online Illinois Standards of Practice and Legal Issues for Home Inspectors Course. This course is part of the 77-hour pre-licensing course, and is not approved for continuing education credit.
 
 
Goal:
The goal of this course is to teach inspectors about the Illinois Standards of Practice and legal issues for licensed home inspectors in Illinois.
 
Objective:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • follow the Illinois Home Inspector Standards of Practice;
  • disclose information properly to a client;
  • report required content in a written format;
  • follow required business practices;
  • comply with Illinois-specific applicable laws;
  • understand the aspects of the home inspector licensing act;
  • communicate general knowledge of Illinois Human Rights Act; and
  • apply general knowledge of contract law.
 The course includes:
    •    26 quiz questions in 4 quizzes;
    •    30-question final exam (drawn from a larger pool);
    •    instant grading;
    •    a downloadable, printable Certificate of Completion; and 
    •    accreditations and state approvals.
 

Illinois Standards of Practice and Legal Issues for Home Inspectors Course

Course #4508

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Activity

Assignments

Estimated hours for the average student

Academic Engagement

Reading online course instructional material at 140 words per minute

1.0

Watching and listening to instructional video

0.0

Taking quizzes

0.5

Taking the exam

0.5

Conducting a directed and independent inspection study performed according to the Standards of Practice, including the development of an inspection report 

4.0

Submitting an inspection and writing assignment

0.5
Submitting a research and writing assignment
0.5

Total

7.0



Preparation


Studying and reviewing instructional material in preparation for taking quizzes and exam

1.0

Reading the downloaded student course book including taking the quizzes with the book
0.0
Reading, research, and studying related to completing the research and writing assignment
4.0
Studying and preparing for inspection processes according to a Standards of Practice, including capturing and storing digital images with a camera or device, making observations, evaluating conditions, deducing, formulating opinions, communicating observations in written form, attaining competency in performing inspections and using an inspection checklist or software and other inspection tools in producing a report.
10.0

Total

15.0


Sub Total

22.0

Overall Total


22.0 hours / 0.4 SCH

 
 
And, in keeping with InterNACHI's commitment to Continuing Education, this course is open and free to all members, and can be taken again and again, without limit.
 
Reminder to members:  InterNACHI's Code of Ethics 1.10 requires that you comply with all government rules and licensing requirements of the jurisdiction where you conduct business.  InterNACHI's courses and Standards generally exceed the Standards of Practice that you are required to abide by locally. 
 
This course has been approved by:

The course covers the following topics:
 
Introduction
 
Definitions
  • Definitions


Licensing & Education Requirements

  • Home Inspection Licensing Act
  • Application for Home Inspector License
  • Application for Home Inspector Entity
  • Non-Resident Inspector License Reciprocity
  • Expiration of Home Inspector Licenses
  • Renewal of Home Inspector Licenses
  • Pre-License Education Requirements
  • Continuing Education Requirements
  • Issuance of Certificate of Licensure
  • Quiz #1

Standards of Practice & Business Requirements

  • Standards of Practice
  • Notification of Name Change
  • Assumed Name
  • Address Change; Street Address
  • Work Log of Inspections
  • Entities Must Utilize Home Inspector
  • Disclosure of a Conflict of Interest
  • Quiz #2

Enforcement Provisions

  • Ground for Discipline
  • Felony Convictions; Discipline of Licenses
  • Cooperation Required with the Division
  • Administrative Warning Letter
  • Additional Education; Reporting Requirements
  • Suspension or Denial for Failure to Pay

Administrative Provisions

  • Fees
  • Duties of the Liaison
  • Granting of Variances

Hearings

  • Hearings
  • Quiz #3

Illinois Human Rights Act

  • Introduction
  • Public Accommodations
  • Elementary, Secondary, & Higher Education
  • Real Estate Transactions

Agreements and Contracts

  • Use Inspection Agreements
  • Contract Basics
  • Oral vs. Written
  • InterNACHI’s Standardized Contracts
  • Basic Contract Items
  • Attachments
  • Addendum
  • Electronic Contracts
  • Contract Summary

General Business Laws & Regulations

  • Understand the Business Laws & Regulations
  • Advertising and Marketing
  • Advertising That You’re Code-Certified
  • General Offers & Claims
  • Protecting Consumers’ Privacy Online
  • CAN-SPAM Act: Compliance Guide for Business
  • eNewsletter for Inspector Clients
  • Need More Information About CAN-SPAM
  • Summary

Legal Help

  • Get Legal Help
  • Quiz #4
Upon completion of this course and passing of the 30-question final exam (drawn from a larger pool), the student can download and print their own Certificate of Completion which is auto-generated in their own name. The student's (InterNACHI member's) information is recorded on InterNACHI's servers for membership compliance verification, and automatically logs completion into InterNACHI's online Continuing Education log.  It counts as four InterNACHI Continuing Education hours.
 
Members will need their username and password.  If you have forgotten your password, CLICK HERE (instant response) or email fastreply@internachi.org and request it (don't forget your name). 
 
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Illinois Home Inspector licensing, exams, continuing education, business and marketing services, visit www.nachi.org/illinois
 
Some features which make InterNACHI's courses superior to existing continuing education options:
  • The course is free for all InterNACHI members.
  • The course is written in pure XHTML code for quick loading.  The course loads fine on old computers and loads fast, even with dial-up.
  • The course is designed using a hierarchal menu coupled with a sequential page navigation.  This provides the student with the option to easily repeat areas of weakness.
  • The course permits the student to start, stop and restart any part of the course as often as desired.
  • There are a variety of images within the course, including diagrams, illustrations and pictures of actual roofs.
  • The illustrations can be enlarged for clearer viewing by clicking on them.
  • The text is integrated into InterNACHI's Inspector Glossary.  Rolling over blue-colored terms provides their definition.
  • The final exam uses multiple-choice questions that reference the images. 
  • The course's quizzes and final exam have numerous advantages over traditional exam systems:
    1. The course, quizzes and final exam incorporate built-in intelligence which identifies and strengthens each student's unique subject weaknesses.
    2. Not only is each question weighted with regard to score, but each answer is weighted, as well as the correctness of each answer being weighted.
      1. Answers to easy questions are weighted such that the student is penalized, in terms of score, for answering incorrectly, but rewarded modestly for answering correctly.
      2. Answers to difficult questions are weighted such that the student is rewarded, in terms of score, for answering correctly, but not penalized for answering incorrectly.
      3. Answers to questions regarding basic safety, or questions every inspector should know the answer to, are weighted such that the student is severely penalized, in terms of score, for answering incorrectly.
  • Upon passing the final exam, the student can print out a Certificate of Completion which is auto- generated in their own name.
The student's (InterNACHI member's) information is recorded on InterNACHI's servers for membership compliance verification, and automatically logs completion into InterNACHI's online Continuing Education log.
 
 
InterNACHI Members: Take the free, online Illinois Standards of Practice and Legal Issues for Home Inspectors course now (free to InterNACHI members).

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Illinois Home Inspector licensing, exams, continuing education, business and marketing services, visit www.nachi.org/illinois
 
 



 

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