Specifications include, but are not limited to: The North Carolina Home Inspector Licensure Board (NCHILB) safeguards the public health, safety and welfare and protects the public from being harmed by unqualified persons by regulating the use of the title “Licensed Home Inspector” and by providing for the licensure and regulation of those who perform home inspections for compensation. The NC DOI, Office of State Fire Marshal, Engineering Division provides staff to this Board. N. C. Gen. Stat. § 143-151.58 requires licensed home inspectors to give each person for whom the inspector performs a home inspection for compensation a written report of the home inspection. Home inspection reports for a pre-purchase home inspection of three or more systems must include a summary page containing the following statement: “This summary page is not the entire report. The complete report may include additional information of interest or concern to you. It is strongly recommended that you promptly read the complete report. For information regarding the negotiability of any item in this report under the real estate purchase contract, contact your North Carolina real estate agent or an attorney.” In addition, all licensees shall make and keep full and accurate records including the written, signed contract and the written report and any other information the Board requires by rule. Records shall be retained by licensees for not less than three years. Licensees shall furnish their records to the Board on demand.