SECTION 5.4609. Application for Qualified Inspector Appointment

(a) Experience and education. An appointed qualified inspector must display demonstrable experience and education related to windstorm design.

(b) Appointed qualified inspector application. To apply for appointment as a qualified inspector, an applicant must provide TDI with:

(1) the applicant's name and contact information;

(2) the applicant's Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors registration number;

(3) a summary of the applicant's education and experience related to windstorm design; and

(4) a statement addressing whether the applicant has attended an orientation program as described in subsection (d) of this section.

(c) Form AQI-1. TDI will make available the Qualified Inspector Appointment Application Form, Form AQI-1, on which applicants can provide the information required by subsection (b) of this section.

(d) Orientation program. Within the 180-day period immediately preceding the date TDI receives the application, an applicant must have attended or viewed a TDI-sponsored orientation program on TDI procedures and rules relating to windstorm and hail inspections.

Source Note: The provisions of this §5.4609 adopted to be effective January 18, 2017, 42 TexReg 66; amended to be effective October 19, 2020, 45 TexReg 7425