2010 New York Code
RPP - Real Property
Article 12-B - (444-A - 444-Q) HOME INSPECTION PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
444-D - License requirements for home inspectors.

§  444-d.  License  requirements  for home inspectors. No person shall
  conduct or represent that he or she has the ability to  conduct  a  home
  inspection for compensation unless such person is:
    1. licensed as home inspector pursuant to this article; or
    2.  a person regulated by the state or a political subdivision thereof
  as an architect who is acting within the scope of his or her profession;
  or
    3. a person regulated by the state or a political subdivision  thereof
  as  an engineer who is acting within the scope of his or her profession;
  or
    4. a person who is employed as a  code  enforcement  official  by  the
  state or a political subdivision thereof when acting within the scope of
  that government employment; or
    5.  a  person  making  home inspections for the purpose of meeting the
  requirements of section four hundred forty-four-e  of  this  article  to
  qualify for licensure as a home inspector.