A. The license term for a home inspector shall be one (1) year. The license shall expire twelve (12) months from the date of issuance. The license fee and each renewal or reactivation thereafter shall be payable in advance, which shall not be refundable.

B. As a condition of license renewal or reactivation, each home inspector shall submit to the Construction Industries Board evidence of having attended eight (8) clock hours of continuing education within the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the term for which the license is to be issued. Except as otherwise provided for in this section, the Board shall not issue a renewal license or reactivate a license unless the continuing education requirement set forth in this section is satisfied within the prescribed time period.

C. Any licensee who fails to renew before the license expiration date shall be required to submit to such additional requirements or penalties, or both, as the Board may require pursuant to rule.

D. The Construction Industries Board may place the license of a home inspector on inactive status when the licensee gives sufficient reason; however, such status shall not relieve the licensee from paying the required fees. Continuing education shall not be required during the period a license is on inactive status. Prior to the license being placed on an active status, the licensee shall be required to complete the eight-hour continuing education requirement. If the holder of the inactive license has been in the military service during the entire time of inactive license status, only eight (8) clock hours of continuing education and the license fee shall be required for the reactivation of the license.