CODE OF ETHICS
InterNAC
HI®, fel
l
ow
Int
erNAC
HI®
m
em
bers, Inte
r
NACHI®
em
pl
o
y
ees, l
ead
ershi
p or di
rector
s. Accusati
ons of
a m
em
ber
acti
ng or deem
e
d i
n v
i
ol
ati
on of s
uch rul
es shal
l
trigger a
rev
i
ew
b
y
the Ethi
cs Co
m
m
i
ttee for possi
bl
e sancti
ons and/or e
x
pul
si
on
from
Inte
rNA
CHI
®.
4.
T
he Inte
rNACH
I
® m
em
ber shal
l
abi
de b
y
Int
erNA
CHI's curr
ent
m
em
bershi
p req
ui
rem
ents.
5.
T
he Inte
rNACH
I
® m
em
ber shal
l
abi
de b
y
Int
erNA
CHI's
current
m
essage
board
rul
es
.
a.
the client has been made e
xplicitl
y
a
wa
re of
w
hat i
nformation
will be released,
to
whom, an
d for
w
hat
pur
pose, a
nd;
b.
the client has pro
vided explicit, prior
written consen
t for
the
release of his/her
information.
8.
The Inte
rNACH
I
® member shall
alwa
y
s act in the
interests of the
client unless doin
g so violates a la
w, statu
te, or t
his Code of
Ethics.
9.
The Inte
r
NACH
I
® member shall
use a
written con
tract that
specifies the ser
vices to be perfor
med, limitations
of services, and
fees.
10.
The Inte
rNACH
I
® member shall
comply
wit
h all government r
ules
and licensing requirements of the j
urisdiction wher
e
he or she
conducts
business.
11.
The Inte
rNACH
I
® member shall
not perfo
rm or
off
er to pe
rform,
for an ad
ditional fee, an
y
repairs o
r associated services to the
structure for
w
hich the membe
r or
member's compa
n
y has
prepar
ed a hom
e
inspection report
for a pe
riod of 1
2 months. Th
is
provision shall n
ot include servic
es to component
s and/or
systems that
are
not included in the InterNA
CHI® S
tandards of
Practice.
II.
Dut
y to
Continue
Education
1.
The Inte
rNACH
I
® member
w
ho h
as earned the
Ce
rtified
Professional Inspector® (CPI
) des
ignation sh
all co
mpl
y
with
InterNAC
HI's cur
rent Continuing
Education requir
ements.
2.
The Inte
rNACH
I
® member
w
ho h
as earned the
Ce
rtified
Professional Inspector® (CPI
) des
ignation shall pass
InterNAC
HI's
Online Inspector Ex
am once ever
y
th
ree
y
ears.
III.
Dut
y to
the Prof
e
ssi
on and to
Inter
NACHI®
1.
The Inte
rNACH
I
® member shall
strive to improve the home
inspection indust
r
y b
y
sharing
his/her lessons and/or ex
periences
for the be
nefit of
all. This does not preclude the me
mber fro
m
cop
yrighting o
r m
arketing his/her e
xpertise to ot
her
Inspectors or
the public in an
y
manner pe
rmitte
d b
y la
w.
2.
The Inte
rNACH
I
® member shall
assist the InterNACHI leadership
in disseminating
and publicizing t
he benefits of Int
erNACHI
membership.
3.
The Inte
rNACH
I
® member shall
not engage in a
n
y
act or p
ractice
that could be dee
med damaging, s
editious or destru
ctive to
The Inte
rnational
As
s
oc
iation of Certified Home Ins
pec
tors
(Inte
rNA
CHI®)
promotes
a high
s
tandard of p
rofe
s
s
ionali
s
m, bus
in
es
s
ethic
s
and
ins
pec
tion proc
edures
. Inter
NAC
HI® membe
rs
s
ubs
c
ribe to the follow
ing
Code of Ethic
s
in the c
ours
e of th
eir bus
ines
s
.
I.
Dut
y
to
the Public
1.
The Inte
rNACH
I
® member s
hall
abide b
y
th
e Cod
e of Ethic
s
and
s
ubs
tantially
follow
t
he Inte
rNACH
I® Standar
ds
of
Prac
tic
e.
2.
The Inte
rNACH
I
® member s
hall
not engage in a
n
y prac
tic
es
that
c
ould be damagi
ng to the pu
blic
or bring dis
c
redit t
o the home
ins
pec
tion indus
t
r
y
.
3.
The Inte
rNACH
I
® member s
hall
be fair, hones
t a
nd impartial, and
ac
t in good faith in dealing
w
ith th
e public
.
4.
The Inte
rNACH
I
® member s
hall
not dis
c
riminate i
n an
y
b
us
ines
s
ac
tiv
it
ies
on the bas
is
of age, rac
e, c
olor, religio
n, gender,
national origin, fa
milial
s
tatus
, s
exual orientation, o
r handic
ap, and
s
hall c
omply
w
ith
all federal, s
tate and loc
al law
s
c
onc
erning
dis
c
rimination.
5.
The Inte
rNACH
I
® member s
hall
be truthful r
egar
d
ing his
/her
s
erv
ic
es
and qualific
at
ions
.
6.
The Inte
rNACH
I
® member s
hall
not:
a.
hav
e an
y
dis
c
los
ed or undis
c
los
ed c
onflic
t of interes
t w
ith
the c
lient;
b.
ac
c
ept or offer
a
n
y
dis
c
los
ed or u
ndis
c
los
ed c
om
mis
s
ions
,
reba
tes
, pr
ofits
, or othe
r benefit fr
om or to
real es
tate agents
,
brok
ers
, or a
n
y
t
hird parties
hav
ing financ
ial interes
t in the
s
ale of the prope
rt
y
; o
r
c
.
offer or
prov
ide a
n
y
dis
c
los
ed or u
ndis
c
los
ed financial
c
ompens
ation direc
tly
o
r indirec
tl
y to an
y
real es
tat
e agent,
real es
tate brok
e
r, or
real es
tate c
ompan
y
f
or r
efer
r
als
or for
inc
lus
ion on li
s
ts
of prefe
rred
and/
or affiliated ins
pec
tors
or
ins
pec
tion c
ompanies
.
7.
The Inte
rNACH
I
® member s
hall
not releas
e an
y information
about the ins
pec
t
ion or the c
lient to
a third pa
rt
y
un
les
s
doing s
o
is
nec
es
s
ary
to
p
rotec
t the s
afet
y
of others
, to c
om
ply
w
ith a la
w
or s
tatute, o
r bot
h of the follo
w
ing
c
onditions
are met:
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