PA Home Inspection Licensing Agency:
The state of Pennsylvania does not have a licensing board for home inspectors. The law states that you must be a member of one of the non-profit home inspector societies in the US.
Highlights of the Pennsylvania Home Inspector Law are:
Home inspectors are required to be a full member in good standing of a national, not-for-profit home inspection association or must be supervised by someone who is.
Members must comply with a code of conduct and attend continuing professional education classes as an ongoing condition of membership
Home inspectors are prohibited from performing repairs on the same house he or she inspected within the preceding 12 months.
The party selling the property that is the subject of the inspection has the right to receive a free copy of the report upon request.
Home inspectors must maintain insurance against errors and omissions and general liability coverage.
A violation of this law amounts to a violation of Pennsylvania's Consumer Protection Law.