Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-633: Investigations and hearings - Good cause

A. The Committee of Home Inspector Examiners may, upon its own

motion, and shall, upon written complaint filed by any person,

direct the Construction Industries Board to investigate the business

activities of any home inspector. The Committee may contract for an

administrative judge for any hearing which may, upon a showing of

good cause, impose disciplinary actions as provided in the Home

Inspection Licensing Act.

B. Good cause shall be established upon showing that any

licensee has performed, is performing, has attempted to perform, or

is attempting to perform any of the following acts:

1. Making a materially false or fraudulent statement in an

application for license or for approval of continuing education;

2. Having been convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction

of forgery, fraud, conspiracy to defraud, or any similar offense, or

pleading guilty or nolo contendere to any such offense;

3. Falsifying or failing to disclose in a home inspection

report a material defect;

4. Failing to perform a home inspection report in accordance

with the Home Inspection Licensing Act or the rules promulgated

pursuant thereto;

5. Compensating any person for performing the services of a

home inspector or lending a license to any person who has not first

secured a license as a home inspector pursuant to the Home

Inspection Licensing Act;

6. Accepting inspection assignments when the employment itself

is contingent upon reporting a predetermined estimate, analysis or

opinion;

7. Accepting inspection assignments when the fee to be paid is

contingent upon the opinion, the conclusion, analysis, or report

reached, or upon the consequences resulting from such assignments;

8. Performing repair or maintenance work, or receiving

compensation either directly or indirectly from a company regularly

engaged in home repair work, on a property having four or fewer

dwelling units that the home inspector inspected within one (1) year

from the date of the inspection;

9. Accepting compensation from more than one client for a

single home inspection, unless the home inspector has informed all

clients who are paying a fee for that home inspection that such

compensation is sought or anticipated;

10. Except as provided in paragraph 14 of this subsection,

disclosing the results of a home inspection to any person other than

the client without the written consent of the client;

11. Failing to disclose to the client any conflict of interest

of which the inspector knows or should have known that may adversely

affect the client;

12. Failing to submit a written home inspection report within a

reasonable time as determined by the Board to the client after

compensation has been paid to the home inspector;

13. Paying any fees or other amounts due pursuant to the Home

Inspection Licensing Act or the rules promulgated pursuant thereto

with a check that is dishonored upon presentation to the financial

institution on which it is drawn;

14. Failing, upon demand in writing by the Construction

Industries Board, a law enforcement agency, or a court of law, to

disclose any information within the knowledge of the licensee or to

produce any document in possession of a licensee or under control of

a licensee that relates to a home inspection; or

15. Disregarding or violating any provision of the Home

Inspection Licensing Act or rule promulgated pursuant to the Home

Inspection Licensing Act.