Every report RestoreAssist generates cites IICRC standards by edition and section — never an unversioned name like "S500". This matters: insurers, tribunals, and your professional indemnity all depend on being able to point at the exact rule.
Which standard maps to which claim type
| Claim type | Standard | Edition |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| Water damage | IICRC S500 — Water Damage Restoration | S500:2021 |
| Mould remediation | IICRC S520 — Mold Remediation | S520:2024 |
| Trauma / biohazard | IICRC S540 — Trauma and Crime Scene | S540:2023 |
| Fire / smoke | IICRC S700 — Professional Fire and Smoke Damage | S700:2025 |
When you pick the claim type on a new inspection, RestoreAssist locks the relevant standard. The AI report draft cites that standard and no other unless you explicitly add one (e.g. citing S500 inside a fire job because of subsequent water suppression damage).
Citation format
The locked format is <standard>:<year> §<section>. Examples:
S500:2021 §10.4.1— Category of water definition (Category 1/2/3)S520:2024 §12.2.1— Condition 1 mould remediation goalS540:2023 §6.3— PPE requirements for trauma scenes
Why edition matters
IICRC re-issues these standards every 3–5 years. Citing a superseded edition in 2026 is a red flag — a tribunal will ask why you didn't apply the current revision (S500:2021, 5th edition). RestoreAssist refuses to abbreviate (per CLAUDE.md rule 14) and refuses to cite an edition older than the locked one for that claim type.
Override or remove a citation
In the report editor, click any inline citation to open the citation panel. From there you can:
- Change section — pick a different section within the same standard
- Add a second standard — useful for combined claims (water + mould)
- Remove — strips the citation; your judgement, your risk
Keeping standards up to date
When IICRC publishes a new edition, RestoreAssist updates the locked edition in a release note and rolls it out to all new inspections. Reports already signed off keep the edition they were generated against — past reports are immutable per the append-only audit rule.