(a)Continuing education required for renewal.
(1)Prior to renewal of a real estate inspector or
professional inspector license, a license holder must take the 32
hours of continuing education which shall include the following:
(A)24 hours of qualifying course subjects as described
in §535.213(e)(1) - (8), (11) and (12) of this title, with a
maximum of 16 hours on any one single subject; and
(B)eight hours of non-elective coursework in
legal, ethics, SOPs, and report writing consisting [Texas
Standards of Practice /Legal/Ethics Update. The Texas Standards of
Practice/Legal/Ethics Update is a non-elective course and must consist]
of the following coursework:
(i)4 hours of Standards of Practice Review [
Standards of Practice]; and
(ii)4 [2] hours of Legal
and Ethics.[; and]
(iii) 2 hours of Ethics.
(2)A real estate inspector or professional inspector
who files an application for reinstatement of a [an]
expired license within two years of the expiration date of the previous
license, must provide evidence satisfactory to the Commission that
the applicant has completed any continuing education that would have
been otherwise required for timely renewal of the previous license
had that license not expired
(b)Ride-along inspection course.
(1)Up to eight hours of continuing education credit
per two year license period can be given to a license holder for completion
of ride-along inspection course.
(2)At a minimum, a ride-along inspection course must:
(A)consist of one full residential property inspection;
and
(B)review applicable standards of practice and departure
provisions contained in §§535.227 - 535.233 of this title.
(3)In order to qualify for real estate inspector continuing
education credit, a ride-along inspection course shall consist of
no more than two students per session.
(4)The instructor of a ride-along inspection course
may:
(A)review report writing;
(B)deliver a notice regarding the ride-along session
on a form approved by the Commission to the prospective buyer or seller
of the home being inspected.
(c)Mandatory Standards of Practice
Review course.
(1)0 To be approved by the Commission, the Standards
of Practice Review course shall contain the topics and the units outlined
in the, SOP-1, CE Course Approval Form, Standards of Practice Review,
hereby adopted by reference.
(2)Each Standards of Practice Review course expires
on August 31 of each odd-numbered year.
(d)[(c)] Continuing education
credit for students.
(1)Courses submitted for inspector continuing education
credit must be successfully completed during the term of the current
license.
(2)The Commission may not grant continuing education
credit twice for a course with the same course content taken by a
licensee within a two year period.
(3)Unless a real estate inspection continuing education
course is offered by alternative delivery methods, completion of a
final examination is not required for a license holder to receive
continuing education credit for a course.
(4)The commission will not grant partial credit to
an inspector who attends a portion of a course.
(e)[(d)] Continuing education
credit for course taken outside of Texas. An inspector may receive
continuing education elective credit for a course taken to satisfy
the continuing education requirements of a country, territory, or
state other than Texas if:
(1)the real estate inspector or professional inspector
licensed in Texas held an active inspector license in a country, territory,
or state other than Texas at the time the course was taken;
(2)the course was approved for continuing education
credit for an inspector license by a country, territory, or state
other than Texas at the time the course was taken;
(3)the successful completion of the course has been
evidenced by a course completion certificate, a letter from the provider
or such other proof satisfactory to the Commission;
(4)the subject matter of the course was predominately
devoted to a subject acceptable for continuing education credit for
a real estate inspector or professional inspector licensed in Texas;
and
(5)the real estate inspector or professional inspector
licensed in Texas has filed a Continuing Education (CE) Credit Request
for an Out of State Course, with the Commission.
(f)[(e)] Continuing education
credit for course offered by an exempt provider. An inspector may
receive continuing education elective credit for a course not approved
under §535.73 if the course is:
(1)offered by an exempt provider listed under §535.71(b);
and
(2)the Commission determines the course:
(A)covers subject matter appropriate for an inspector
continuing education course;
(B)and is current and accurate.
(g)[(f)] Continuing education
credit for instructors.
(1)Providers may request continuing education credit
be given to instructors of real estate inspection courses subject
to the following guidelines:
(A)instructors may receive credit for only those portions
of the course which they teach; and
(B)instructors may receive full course credit by attending
all of the remainder of the course.
(2)An Instructor of a ride-along inspection course
is eligible to receive continuing education credit for a ride-along
inspection course conducted by the instructor if the Commission is
provided a certification of course completion within one week of completion
of the course, on a form approved by the Commission.
(3)Instructors of ride-along inspection course sessions
may only receive up to 8 hours of continuing education credit for
teaching the course per license period.
(h)[(g)] Continuing education
credit for attendance at a meeting of the Texas Real Estate Inspector
Committee. A real estate inspector or professional inspector licensed
in Texas may receive up to four hours of continuing education elective
credit per license period for attendance in person at the February
meeting of the Texas Real Estate Inspector Committee.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed
the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on February 15, 2017
TRD-201700650 Kristen Worman
Deputy General Counsel
Texas Real Estate Commission
Earliest possible date of adoption: April 2, 2017
For further information, please call: (512) 936-3093
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