diff --git a/app/api/inspections.py b/app/api/inspections.py
index 213682c..6da968f 100644
--- a/app/api/inspections.py
+++ b/app/api/inspections.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ PATCH /api/v1/inspections/<inspection_id>
 GET   /api/v1/inspections
       Returns the authenticated inspector's own inspection history.
       Supports ?limit=N&offset=N&facility_id=N&status=completed
+              &follow_up_required=true
 """
 
 import logging
@@ -235,6 +236,13 @@ def list_inspections():
     status      str  filter by status (completed, in_progress, flagged)
     from_date   str  ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD) — include inspections on/after this date
     to_date     str  ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD) — include inspections on/before this date
+    follow_up_required
+                str  "true"/"1" — only inspections a director has flagged as
+                     needing a follow-up and that no re-inspection has answered
+                     yet (flagged + completed + no child), matching what
+                     "Follow-up" means on the web. Drives the iPad's FOLLOW-UP
+                     REQUESTED card, so it must return the complete outstanding
+                     set, not just the recent page the history list shows.
 
     Response 200
     ------------
@@ -271,6 +279,24 @@ def list_inspections():
     if status:
         query = query.filter(Inspection.status == status)
 
+    if request.args.get('follow_up_required', '').lower() in ('true', '1'):
+        # Must mean exactly what "Follow-up" means everywhere on the web
+        # (inspections.list / reports status_filter == 'follow_up'): flagged,
+        # completed, and not yet answered by a linked re-inspection.
+        #
+        # The ~follow_ups.any() clause is the one that matters. The web execute
+        # route never clears follow_up_required on the parent — it only stops
+        # listing it once a child exists — so filtering on the flag alone would
+        # return follow-ups that were already satisfied on the web, forever.
+        # On the iPad those rows are undismissable: pull_follow_up_requests()
+        # keeps receiving them and update(from:) resets fulfilledLocally, so the
+        # FOLLOW-UP REQUESTED card would never clear. (The mobile POST path does
+        # clear the parent flag, so only web-completed re-inspections stick.)
+        query = query.filter(
+            Inspection.follow_up_required.is_(True),
+            Inspection.status == 'completed',
+        ).filter(~Inspection.follow_ups.any())
+
     from_date_str = request.args.get('from_date')
     if from_date_str:
         try: