(A) All
manufactured home inspectors and/or plans
reviewers
that are not employed by the
division shall be certified by the commission
division.
Certification shall be valid for three years.
(B) An applicant
for
to become a
certified inspector
and/or plans
reviewershall meet the following:
(1)
Experience. The applicant shall meet at least one of the following:
(a) Three years' experience in a responsible
position of
responsibility, directly related to
construction,
position such as foreman, which required the
ability to effectively read and interpret building plans and specifications;
or
(b) Three years' experience in an architect or engineer office
performing building design or drafting duties or construction supervision;
or
(c) An
associate's
associate degree (two years) from a college or
university in architecture, engineering, or
building technology; or
(d) Three
years as a quality assurance inspector or field service technician in a
manufactured homes manufacturing plant; or
(e) Three years as an Ohio licensed
manufactured home installer; or
(f)
State or national certification
International code council or board of building
standards current and active certification) as a building inspector, residential inspector,
or plans reviewer; or
(g) Any
combination of experience and education in the manufactured homes construction
industry or building construction industry totaling three years as approved by
the commission
division; or
(h) Other equivalent experience as approved
by the commission
division.
(2) Submit a complete application on a form
approved by the commission
division and a nonrefundable fee as set forth in
paragraph (H)
(G) of this rule.
(3) Successfully complete an approved
inspector training course for the certification of manufactured homes
inspectors;
(4) Pass the written
examination set forth in rule 4781-8-07 of the Administrative Code
prescribed by the
division.
(C)
Incomplete applications shall be held open for six months following
notification of incomplete requirements by regular mail, facsimile
, or email. After five months
, a final notice of incomplete application shall be
mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested. If at the end of the
six
- month period the application remains
incomplete, it shall be considered abandoned and the applicant shall be
required to submit a new application, including any fees.
(D) The commission may approve an
installation training course as suitable for an inspection training course. In
addition, the commission may establish and require such training programs in
the concept, techniques and inspection of manufactured homes for the personnel
of commission certified political subdivisions as the commission deems
necessary.
(E)(D) Each certified
inspector and/or plans reviewer shall apply
for renewal and pay a nonrefundable renewal fee in an amount set forth in
paragraph (H)
(G) of this rule prior to the expiration date of the
certification. If a certified inspector and/or plan
reviewer fails to renew his or her certification on or before his or her
renewal date, he or she shall pay the renewal fee plus an additional late fee
as set forth in paragraph (H) of this rule. The certification shall not be
renewed until the certified inspector or plans reviewer has paid the renewal
and late fee, if any. If an inspector and/or plans reviewer fails to renew his
or her certification prior to the expiration of their certification, the
certification shall be placed on lapsed status. An inspector and/or plans
reviewer can activate their certification within the first three years of the
lapsed status by paying the renewal fee, late fee, complying with the
continuing education requirements and all other requirements as set forth in
this chapter
Any individual whose certification
has expired may obtain a renewal within one year from the date of its
expiration provided the holder has met all requirements for renewal, including
payment of the renewal fee. All applications for renewal of expired
certifications shall be processed as renewals during the one-year period
following expiration. All applications for renewal of expired certifications
submitted more than one year following the expiration shall be processed as a
new application. The holder of a certification that has expired shall not
perform any duties for which a certification is required.
(F)
(E)
All certified inspectors and/or plans
reviewers shall be required to complete a minimum of twelve hours of
continuing education training for each certification period. The
certified inspector and/or plans reviewer shall provide the
commission
division with verification of completion of the
required continuing education on the appropriate continuing education
form.
(G)
(F) Certified inspectors
and/or plans reviewer.
(1) The commission
division
may set qualifications and contract with
certified inspectors and/or plans reviewers
as the commission
division deems necessary to carry out additional
inspections in all areas of the state.
(2) A copy of all deficiency reports from a
certified inspector and/or plans reviewer
must be provided to the authority having
jurisdiction and the commission
division.
The deficiency report shall include the name and license number of the
installer, a list of the deficiency or non-compliant items and the list of
corrections, and the time period for the
installer to correct the listed deficiencies or non-compliant items.
(H)
(G)
Certification fees.
(1) The non-refundable
initial
certification fee for certified inspectors and/or
plans reviewers shall be fifty dollars for each three
-year certification period.
(2) The non-refundable
certification renewal fee for
certified inspectors
and/or plans reviewers shall be fifty dollars.
(3) The non-refundable late fee for
certification renewal shall be twenty-five dollars in addition to the renewal
fee.
(4)
(3) Fees shall be made payable, by check or money
order, to "Treasurer, State of Ohio," or by credit card. Any
online payment of fees may be subject to a
convenience fee as charged to the commission
division.
(I)
(H) The
commission
division may deny, suspend,
decertify
revoke, or
refuse to renew the certification of any manufactured home inspector
and/or plans reviewer or any inspection
agency for any of the following reasons:
(1)
Failure to meet the requirements for a certification or renewal of a
certification under Chapter 4781. of the Revised Code;
(2) Failure to meet the continuing education
requirements for renewal for a certification under Chapter 4781. of the Revised
Code;
(3) Violation of Chapter
4781. of the Revised Code;
(4)
Making a false or material misstatement in an application for
certification;
(5) Inspecting
manufactured homes in Ohio without a certification or without being employed as
an inspector by a certified building department, health department, or third
party agency;
(6) The inspector's failure to
appear for a hearing before the commission or failure to comply with any final
adjudication order of the commission issued pursuant to this
chapter;
(7)
(6)
Conviction
Been
convicted of a
felony or a crime involving
moral turpitude
crime of moral turpitude or a
disqualifying offense as those terms are defined in section
4776.10
of the Revised Code. The term "disqualifying offense" has the same meaning as
that term is used in rule 4781-8-03 of the Administrative Code;
(8)
(7) Having had a
certification decertified
revoked, suspended, or
denied by the commission during the preceding two
years
division;
(9)
(8)
Having a certification decertified
revoked, suspended, or
denied by another state or jurisdiction within the
preceding two years;
(10)
(9) Engaging in
conduct in another state or jurisdiction that would violate Chapter 4781. of
the Revised Code if committed in this state;
(11)
(10) Failing to
provide electronic permit/inspection updates on the commission
division
website seal report in a timely manner to be determined by the
commission
division;
(12)
(11) Acting in a
manner that violates the code of ethics for manufactured home
inspectors;
(13)
(12) Violations of OMHC
the division's
rules and/or policies.
(J)
(I) In addition to or
in lieu of suspending, decertifying
revoking, or refusing to renew a manufactured home
inspector's certification for violation of Chapter 4781. of the Revised Code or
any rule adopted pursuant thereto, the commission
division
may impose a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars per violation per
day.
(K)
(J) Any person whose certification or certification
application has been revoked, decertified
suspended,
denied, or not renewed, may request an adjudication hearing within thirty
days after receipt of the notice of the action. The hearing shall be held in
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
(L)
(K) Reapplication
after revocation, denial, or suspension.
(1)
Any person whose certification has been decertified
revoked or
denied may apply for a new certification two years after the date on which the
certification was decertified
revoked or denied.
(2) Any person whose certification has been
suspended for a period determined by the commission
division
may apply for renewal of the certification within thirty days of the end of the
suspension period.
(M)
(L) Upon suspension,
revocation, or non-renewal, the person shall return the certification and
identification card to the commission
division within three days after receipt of the notice
of suspension, revocation, or
non-renewal.