(a) Approval of Inspector Qualifying Courses. Inspector qualifying courses are approved and regulated as required by §535.62 of this chapter (relating to Approval of Qualifying Courses).
(b) Approved Qualifying Courses of Study. The subjects approved for credit for qualifying inspector courses consist of the following modules:
  (1) Property and Building Inspection Module I (40 hours shall contain the topics and units outlined in the PBIM 1-0, Property and Building Inspection I Qualifying Inspector Course Approval Form, hereby adopted by reference.
  (2) Property and Building Inspection Module II (40 hours) shall contain the topics and units outlined in the PBIM 2-0, Property and Building Inspection II Qualifying Real Estate Inspector Course Approval Form, hereby adopted by reference.
  (3) Analysis of Findings and Reporting Module (20 hours) shall contain the topics and units outlined in the AFRM-0, Analysis of Findings and Reporting Module Qualifying Real Estate Inspector Course Approval Form, hereby adopted by reference.
  (4) Business Operations and Professional Responsibilities Module (10 hours) shall contain the topics and units outlined in the BOPRM-0, Business Operations and Professional Responsibilities Qualifying Real Estate Inspector Course Approval Form, hereby adopted by reference.
  (5) Texas Law Module (20 hours) shall contain the topics and units outlined in the TLM-1, Texas Law Module, Qualifying Real Estate Inspector Course Approval Form, hereby adopted by reference.
  (6) Texas Standards of Practice Module (24 hours shall contain the topics and units outlined in the TSOPM-0, Texas Standards of Practice Module Qualifying Real Estate Inspector Course Approval Form, hereby adopted by reference.
  (7) Texas Practicum (40 hours), which shall consist of a minimum of five complete and in-person inspections.
    (A) The Texas Practicum must:
      (i) be supervised by a currently licensed inspector who has:
        (I) been actively licensed as a professional inspector for at least five years; and
        (II) at least three years of supervisory or training experience with inspectors; or
        (III) performed a minimum of 200 real estate inspections as a Texas professional inspector;
and
      (ii) consist of no more than four students per inspector supervising the Texas Practicum.
    (B) The inspector supervising the Texas Practicum must evaluate that upon completion by the student, each report is:
      (i) considered satisfactory for release to an average consumer; and
      (ii) demonstrates an understanding of:
        (I) report writing;
        (II) client interaction;
        (III) personal property protection; and
        (IV) concepts critical for the positive outcome of the inspection process.
    (C) An applicant may request credit for completing the Texas Practicum (40 hours) by submitting the credit request form approved by the Commission.
    (D) Audits.
      (i) The Commission staff may conduct an audit of any information provided on a Texas Practicum credit request form, including verifying that the inspector supervising the Texas Practicum meets the qualifications required to supervise the practicum.
      (ii) The following acts committed by a supervisory inspector conducting the Texas Practicum are grounds for disciplinary action:
        (I) making material misrepresentation of fact;
        (II) making a false representation to the Commission, either intentionally or negligently, that a student completed the Texas Practicum in its entirety, satisfying all requirements for credit to be awarded.

Source Note: The provisions of this §535.213 adopted to be effective January 1, 2015, 39 TexReg 9669; amended to be effective March 5, 2019, 44 TexReg 1126; amended to be effective August 31, 2020, 45 TexReg 6117; amended to be effective June 11, 2023, 48 TexReg 2948