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The National Association of Certified Home Inspectors
(NACHI) promotes a high standard of professionalism, business ethics and
inspection procedures. NACHI members subscribe to the following Code of
Ethics in the course of their business.
Duty to the Public
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The NACHI member shall abide by the Code of Ethics
and substantially follow the NACHI Standards of Practice.
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The NACHI member shall not engage in any practices
that could be damaging to the public or bring discredit to the home
inspection industry.
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The NACHI member shall be fair, honest, impartial,
and act in good faith in dealing with the public.
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The NACHI 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.
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The NACHI member shall be truthful regarding his/her
services & qualifications.
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The NACHI member shall have no undisclosed conflict
of interest with the client, nor shall the NACHI member accept or offer
any undisclosed commissions, rebates, profits or other benefit, nor shall
the NACHI member accept or offer any disclosed or undisclosed commissions,
rebates, profits or other benefit from from real estate agents, brokers or
any third parties having financial interest in the sale of the property
nor shall the NACHI 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.
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The NACHI 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.
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The NACHI member shall always act in the interest of
the client, unless doing so violates a law, statute or this Code of
Ethics.
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The NACHI member shall use a written contract that
specifies the services to be performed, limitations of services and fees.
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The NACHI member shall comply with all government
rules and licensing requirements of the jurisdiction where he/she conducts
business.
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The NACHI 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 NACHI standards of practice.
Duty to Continue Education
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The NACHI member shall comply with NACHI's current
Continuing Education Requirements.
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The NACHI member shall pass the NACHI's Online
Inspector Exam once every calendar year.
Duty to the Profession and NACHI
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The NACHI 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.
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The NACHI member shall assist the NACHI leadership in
disseminating and publicizing the benefits of NACHI membership.
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The NACHI member shall not engage in any act or
practice that could be deemed damaging, seditious or destructive to
NACHI, fellow NACHI members, NACHI 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 NACHI.
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The NACHI member shall abide by NACHI's current
membership requirements.
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The NACHI member shall abide by NACHI's current
message board rules.
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