Inspector Homes -- Professional Home Inspection in Calgary

The International Association of Certified Home Inspectors (InterNACHI) promotes a high
standard of professionalism, business ethics and inspection procedures. InterNACHI
members subscribe to the following Code of Ethics in the course of their business.

1. Duty to the Public
1. The InterNACHI member shall abide by the Code of Ethics and substantially follow the InterNACHI
Standards of Practice.
2. The InterNACHI member shall not engage in any practices that could be damaging to the public or
bring discredit to the home inspection industry.
3. The InterNACHI member shall be fair, honest, impartial, and act in good faith in dealing with the
public.
4. The InterNACHI member shall not discriminate in any business activities on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, familial status, sexual orientation, or handicap and shall comply with all
federal, state and local laws concerning discrimination.
5. The InterNACHI member shall be truthful regarding his/her services & qualifications.
6. The InterNACHI member shall have no undisclosed conflict of interest with the client, nor shall the
InterNACHI member accept or offer any undisclosed commissions, rebates, profits or other benefit,
nor shall the InterNACHI member accept or offer any disclosed or undisclosed commissions, rebates,
profits or other benefit from real estate agents, brokers or any third parties having financial interest in
the sale of the property nor shall the InterNACHI member offer or provide any disclosed or
undisclosed financial compensation directly or indirectly to any real estate agent, real estate broker or
real estate company for referrals or for inclusion on lists of preferred and/or affiliated inspectors or
inspection companies.
7. The InterNACHI member shall not communicate any information about an inspection to anyone
except the client without the prior written consent of the client, except where it may affect the safety
of others or violates a law or statute.
8. The InterNACHI member shall always act in the interest of the client, unless doing so violates a
law, statute or this Code of Ethics.
9. The InterNACHI member shall use a written contract that specifies the services to be performed,
limitations of services and fees.
10. The InterNACHI member shall comply with all government rules and licensing requirements of the
jurisdiction where he/she conducts business.
11. The InterNACHI member shall not perform or offer to perform, for an additional fee, any repairs
or associated services to structure on which the member or member's company has prepared a home
inspection report, for a period of 12 months. This provision shall not include services to components
and/or systems which are not included in the InterNACHI standards of practice.

2. Duty to Continue Education
1. The InterNACHI member shall comply with InterNACHI's current Continuing Education
Requirements.
2. The InterNACHI member shall pass the InterNACHI's Online Inspector Exam once every calendar
year.

3. Duty to the Profession and InterNACHI
1. The InterNACHI member shall strive to improve the Home Inspection Industry by sharing his/her
lessons and/or experiences for the benefit of all. This does not preclude the member from
copyrighting or marketing his/her expertise to other Inspectors or the public in any manner permitted
by law.
2. The InterNACHI member shall assist the InterNACHI leadership in disseminating and publicizing the
benefits of InterNACHI membership.
3.
The InterNACHI member shall not engage in any act or practice that could be deemed damaging,
seditious or destructive to InterNACHI, fellow InterNACHI members, InterNACHI employees, leadership
or directors. Member(s) accused of acting or deemed in violation of such rules shall be reviewed by
the Ethics committee for possible sanctions and/or expulsion from InterNACHI.
4.
The InterNACHI member shall abide by InterNACHI's current membership requirements.
5.
The InterNACHI member shall abide by InterNACHI's current message board rules.

Members of other associations are welcome to join InterNACHI but a requirement of membership is
that InterNACHI must be given equal prominence in your marketing (brochures and websites) as other
associations you belong to.

Questions and comments should be directed to Joe Farsetta, Ethics and Standard of Practice
Committee Chairperson, at jjf10965@yahoo.com