Home Inspector Disciplines - 2005

The following are summaries of recent disciplines regarding home inspector licenses. These are only summaries of the disciplines. For brevity, the summaries may not include all of the facts upon which a discipline was based, or all of the specific conditions of discipline. Accordingly, these summaries should not be relied upon as a comprehensive statement of the discipline in a given case, nor should they be exclusively relied upon as precedent as to how similar cases may be handled.

NOTE: Disciplines regarding home inspector licenses include. (1) reprimand (2) probation for a period with various possible conditions, (3) suspension for a period (this kind of suspension allows for restoration of the license at the end of the suspension period without the requirement that the licensee file a Petition for Restoration), (4) indefinite suspension for a period (this kind of suspension requires that the licensee file a Petition for Restoration, no earlier than at the end of the indefinite suspension period, to gain restoration of the license), (5) revocation, (6) termination, (7) refusal to renew a license, and (8) in the case of applicants, refusal to issue a license. The Division may also assess a fine not to exceed $10,000 per licensee as a result of a Formal Hearing.

Chicago:

Khurshaid Hussain April 12, 2005
After a Formal Hearing, the application of Khurshaid Hussain for a home inspector license was granted.

Elmwood:

John M. Conti August 11, 2005
The home inspector license was terminated for failure to rectify a dishonored check that had been tendered to DPR.

Rock Falls:

Trent Gillette June 24, 2005
The home inspector license was terminated for failure to rectify a dishonored check that had been tendered to DPR.

Trent A. Gillette October 26, 2005
The home inspector license was reprimanded and a $300.00 fine was assessed for submitting a check to DPR that had not been honored by the financial institution upon which it was drawn.

Russell:

Steve Werner August 12, 2005
The home inspector license was terminated for failure to rectify a dishonored check that had been tendered to DPR.

Wanatah, Indiana:

David Jevyak December 29, 2005
David Jevyak was assessed a fine of $5,000.00 for engaging in the unlicensed practice of home inspection in Illinois.