13.__Professional inspector.__"Professional inspector" means a person who is a licensee and who represents to the public that the person is trained and qualified to perform a home inspection and who accepts employment for the purpose of performing a home inspection for a buyer or seller of real property.

§14002.__License required

Except as provided by section 14013, a person may not conduct, for a fee or other valuable considerations, a home inspection relating to real property located in this State without first obtaining a professional inspector, home inspector or apprentice inspector license as provided by this chapter.

§14003.__Maine Board of Home Inspectors; establishment

1.__Establishment.__The Maine Board of Home Inspectors as established by Title 5, section 12004-A, subsection 9-C is established within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation and shall carry out the purposes of this chapter.

2.__Members.__The board is composed of 7 members appointed by the Governor.__Each member must be a resident of this State.__The board consists of:

A.__One professional inspector actively engaged in the practice of home inspecting at the time of appointment and must have been primarily engaged in the practice of home inspecting for at least 5 years before the member's appointment;

B.__One representative of a mortgage lending organization;

C.__One residential or real estate appraiser; and

D.__Four public members, 3 of whom are familiar with home inspection.

No more than 2 members of the board may hold a real estate broker license.

3.__Appointments.__The Governor shall make initial appointments within 60 days of the effective date of this chapter.__The professional inspector initially appointed must be licensed in accordance with this chapter on or before July 1,