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TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 23TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 535GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER RREAL ESTATE INSPECTORS
RULE §535.218Continuing Education Required for Renewal
ISSUE 08/25/2017
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule

(a) - (e) (No change.)

[(f)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.]

(f)[(g)] 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.

(g)[(h)] 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 August 11, 2017

TRD-201703118

Kristen Worman

Deputy General Counsel

Texas Real Estate Commission

Earliest possible date of adoption: September 24, 2017

For further information, please call: (512) 936-3093



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