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 | S500:2025 |
| 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:
S500:2025 §10.5.2— Category 2 water-damage definitionS520:2024 §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. A S500:2015 citation in 2026 is a red flag — a tribunal will ask why you didn't apply the 2025 revision. 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.