§ 37:1473 — Definitions

§1473. Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Applicant" means a person who seeks to be examined for licensure by the board.
(2) "Board" means the Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors.
(3) "Component" means a readily accessible and observable aspect of a system, such
as a floor or wall, but not individual pieces such as boards or nails where many similar pieces
make up a component.
(4) "Home inspection" means a written evaluation of two or more of the following
component systems of a resale residential building:
(a) Electrical system.
(b) Exterior system.
(c) Insulation/ventilation system.
(d) Heating and cooling systems.
(e) Plumbing system.
(f) Roofing system.
(g) Structural system.
(h) Appliance system.
(i) Interior system.
(j) Any other related residential housing system as defined in the standards of
practice prescribed by the board.
(5) "Home inspector" means any person who, in accordance with the provisions of
this Chapter, holds himself out as a home inspector to the general public or engages in the
business of performing home inspections on resale residential buildings for compensation
and who examines any component of a building, through visual means and through normal
user controls, without the use of mathematical sciences.
(6) "Licensee" means any person who has been issued a license by the board in
accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
(7) "Residential resale building" means a structure intended to be or that is used as
a residence and consists of four or less living units, excluding commercial use space or units,
and is not for sale for the first time.
(8) "System" means a combination of interactive or interdependent components
assembled to carry out one or more functions.

Legislative History

Acts 1999, No. 61, §2; Acts 2003, No. 568, §1; Acts 2017, No. 328, §1.