A real estate referral checklist for radon testing questions should preserve the client’s exact concern, property and planned use, prior test status, report and protocol, decision deadline, qualified receiver, accepted next action, and follow-up owner. It should not turn the referring professional into the radon tester, mitigation contractor, health adviser, lender, insurer, attorney, or contract decision-maker.
Record the question and planned use
Clarify whether the client needs a first test, review of an older report, a different occupied level, a retest after renovation, mitigation information, post-work verification, or contract coordination. Preserve the client’s words and distinguish them from technical conclusions.
Transfer the report with context and consent
Send the full report, tested location, date, device, provider, protocol notes, property changes, mitigation records, seller documents, contract deadline, and client authorization through the approved path. Label missing, stale, summary-only, and unverified items.
Verify the receiving professional
Confirm identity, current certification or license where applicable, company, service area, requested scope, test or mitigation role, device or lab path, conflicts, turnaround, report format, fee owner, and ability to meet the deadline.
Keep roles and decisions separate
The tester measures and reports. The mitigator designs or installs within the qualified scope. The receiving agent coordinates the transaction lane. The client, brokerage, lender, insurer, attorney, and other advisers control their respective decisions.
Obtain an acknowledged next action
Record who will schedule, provide access, preserve closed-building conditions, receive the report, review a result, obtain proposals, communicate with the client, address contract timing, and confirm post-work testing. A forwarded phone number is not a completed handoff.
Close the continuity loop
Update the client in plain language, identify unresolved questions, retain consent and transmission evidence, confirm the next deadline, and follow up with the receiving professional. Do not promise a test result, health conclusion, repair price, contract outcome, or exchange treatment.
FAQ
What belongs in a radon referral handoff?
The client’s exact question, property and planned use, test status, full report and protocol context, deadline, qualified receiver, accepted next action, communication owner, and follow-up record.
Should the referring agent interpret the radon result?
The agent can organize the decision and transaction process but should not replace the measurement professional, mitigator, health adviser, contractor, lender, insurer, attorney, or other qualified professional.
How do you verify the receiving professionals?
Use the Nevada Radon Education Program’s current certified lists for measurement and mitigation roles, verify real-estate license status through NRED when applicable, and confirm identity through known contact information.
Primary sources and limits
- University of Nevada, Reno Extension, Radon Guidance for Home Buyers
- University of Nevada, Reno Extension, Certified Radon Testers
- Nevada Real Estate Division, License Lookup
- U.S. EPA, Home Buyer’s and Seller’s Guide to Radon
General education only. A radon map, neighboring result, seller statement, listing description, test summary, device reading, report, proposal, permit, invoice, mitigation system, or article does not establish the current radon level, health outcome, contract right, legal duty, code compliance, future performance, insurance coverage, financing result, tax treatment, or investment suitability for a specific property. Verify the exact property and occupied areas, test date, location, device, protocol, closed-building conditions, interference controls, tester and mitigator credentials, contractor licensing, report, mitigation design, permits where applicable, post-work test, warranties, contract dates, disclosure and communication duties, financing, insurance, and professional roles with the Nevada Radon Education Program, qualified radon measurement and mitigation professionals, licensed contractors, the responsible building department, insurer, lender, attorney, CPA, qualified intermediary, title or escrow company, health professionals, and other qualified advisers as appropriate. No individualized medical, legal, tax, lending, insurance, securities, compliance, contract, property-management, or investment advice is provided.
Related: verifying identity and changed instructions, preserving specialist inspection questions, start a referral conversation.