PART 4: STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR
1. An Oregon certified home inspector shall not engage in dishonest
or fraudulent conduct or undertake activities that are injurious to the
welfare of the public, which result in injury or damage to another person.
2. Opinions expressed by Oregon certified home inspectors shall only
be based on their education, experience, and honest convictions.
3. An Oregon certified home inspector shall not disclose any information
about the results of an inspection without the approval of the client for
whom the inspection was undertaken.
4. No Oregon certified home inspector shall accept compensation or
any other consideration from more than one interested party for the same
service without the consent of all interested parties.
5. No Oregon certified home inspector shall give any gift, rebate
or kickback to any person for the purposes of obtaining an engagement to
perform a home inspection. However, this section shall not apply to items
of nominal value given as part of an advertising promotion of general distribution.
6. No Oregon certified home inspector shall express, within the context
of an inspection, an appraisal or opinion of the market value of the inspected
property.
7. Before the execution of a contract to undertake a home inspection,
an Oregon certified home inspector shall disclose to the client any interest
in a business that may affect the client. No Oregon certified home inspector
shall allow his or her interest in any business to affect the quality
or results of inspection work that the Oregon certified home inspector
may be called upon to undertake.
8. An Oregon certified home inspector shall not engage in false or
misleading advertising or otherwise misrepresent any matters to the public.
9. A certified home inspector shall not offer to undertake, submit
a bid to undertake, or undertake repairs of a structure inspected by an
owner or employee of the business within 12 months following the inspection.
(ORS 701.355)
• Oregon certified home inspectors must give all residential customers
a written contract, a written inspection report and a copy of this document
or a Summary of the information in Part 1.
• If you and your home inspector decide that the inspector will deviate
from the Standards of Practice in Part 3, all deviations must be stated
in the written contract.
• Be aware that Oregon businesses employing or owned by certified
home inspectors are not allowed to bid or offer to do or actually perform
repairs on a structure that the business inspected within the past 12 months.
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Mark Pierce
Oregon Certified Home Inspector
Office: 800-995-4063 
Cell:503-757-7784
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