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The
InterNational
Association of Certified Home Inspectors (NACHI) 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. |
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1.
Duty to the Public
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- The InterNACHI member
shall abide by the Code of Ethics and substantially follow
the
InterNACHI Standards
of Practice.
- The InterNACHI member
will 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
will 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
will have no undisclosed conflict of interest with
the client, nor will the NACHI member accept or offer any
undisclosed commissions, rebates, profits or other
benefit.
- The InterNACHI member
will 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.
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2. Duty
to Continue Education
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- The NACHI member will
comply with InterNACHI's
current Continuing Education Requirements.
- The InterNACHI
member shall pass the NACHI's Online Inspector
Exam once every calendar year.
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3. Duty
to the Profession and NACHI
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- 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.
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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.
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The InterNACHI member shall abide by InterNACHI's
current membership requirements.
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The InterNACHI member shall abide by InterNACHI's
current message board rules.
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