2010 New York Code
RPP - Real Property
Article 12-B - (444-A - 444-Q) HOME INSPECTION PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
444-E - Qualifications for licensure.

§  444-e.  Qualifications for licensure. 1. An applicant for a license
  as a home inspector shall:
    (a) have successfully completed high school or its equivalent; and
    (b) (i) have successfully completed a course of study of not less than
  one hundred forty hours approved by the secretary, in consultation  with
  the  council,  of which at least forty hours shall have been in the form
  of unpaid field based inspections in  the  presence  of  and  under  the
  direct supervision of a home inspector licensed by the state of New York
  or  a  professional  engineer or architect regulated by the state of New
  York who oversees and takes full responsibility for the  inspection  and
  any report provided to a client; or
    (ii)  have performed not less than one hundred home inspections in the
  presence of and  under  the  direct  supervision  of  a  home  inspector
  licensed  by  the  state  of  New  York  or  a  professional engineer or
  architect regulated by the state of New York who oversees and takes full
  responsibility for the inspection and any report provided to  a  client;
  and
    (c)  have  passed  a written or electronic examination approved by the
  secretary, in consultation  with  the  council,  and  designed  to  test
  competence  in  home  inspection  practice as determined by a recognized
  role definition methodology and developed and administered to the extent
  practicable  in  a  manner  consistent  with  the  American  Educational
  Research  Association's  "Standards  for  Educational  and Psychological
  Testing." An applicant who has passed an existing nationally  recognized
  examination,  as  approved by the secretary, prior to the effective date
  of this article shall be in compliance with this paragraph; and
    (d) pay the applicable fees.
    2. The provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  a  person
  performing  a home inspection pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph
  (b) of subdivision one of  this  section  for  the  purpose  of  meeting
  requirements for a home inspector license.
    3.  Upon  submission  of an application and payment of the application
  and licensure fee to the secretary, the secretary  shall  issue  a  home
  inspector's  license  to  a  person  who holds a valid license as a home
  inspector issued by another state or possession of the United States  or
  the District of Columbia which has standards substantially equivalent to
  those of this state as determined by the secretary, in consultation with
  the council.
    4.  On  or  before  the  effective date of this article, the secretary
  shall, upon application, issue a home inspector license to a person who:
    (a) meets the requirements of paragraphs (a) and  (c)  of  subdivision
  one  of  this  section  and  has  performed  one  hundred  or  more home
  inspections for compensation within two years  prior  to  the  effective
  date of this section; or
    (b) meets the requirements of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this
  section  and  has  been  engaged  in the practice of home inspection for
  compensation for not less than three years prior to the  effective  date
  of this section during which such person has performed two hundred fifty
  home  inspections  for  compensation  within  three  years  prior to the
  effective date of this section; or
    (c) has education and experience which the secretary, in  consultation
  with  the  council,  considers  equivalent  to that required pursuant to
  paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision.