| (a) Effective September 1, 2011, continuing education for renewal of a real estate inspector or professional inspector license must include six hours of Texas Standards of Practice/Legal/Ethics Update. (b) Except as provided by this section, real estate inspection courses submitted by professional inspectors or real estate inspectors to satisfy the requirements of §1102.205 of Chapter 1102 for continuing education must qualify for core inspection credit under §535.212 of this title (relating to Education and Experience Requirements for a License). (c) In addition to the core real estate inspection courses defined in §1102.001(5) of Chapter 1102 and §535.212 of this title, the commission also will accept a course related to wood-destroying insects, radon, asbestos, lead, or other hazardous substances to satisfy continuing education requirements. (d) Courses submitted for continuing education credit must be successfully completed during the term of the current license. The commission may not grant continuing education credit twice for the same course taken by a licensee within a 2-year period. (e) Other than for correspondence courses or courses offered by alternative delivery methods, such as by computer, completion of a final examination is not required for a licensee to obtain continuing education credit for a course. (f) A professional inspector or real estate inspector who fails to renew a license that is subject to continuing education requirements and who files an application for renewal within one year after the previous license has expired must provide evidence satisfactory to the commission that the applicant has completed any continuing education that would have been required for timely renewal of the previous license. Continuing education courses submitted toward renewal of a license must have been completed during the license period. (g) Licensed professional inspectors, real estate inspectors and apprentice inspectors may renew a license on inactive status. Inspectors are not required to complete continuing education courses as a condition of renewing a license on inactive status but must satisfy continuing education requirements before returning to active status. (h) Providers may request continuing education credit be given to instructors of core real estate inspection courses subject to the following guidelines. (1) The instructors may receive credit for only those portions of the course which they teach. (2) The instructors may receive full course credit by attending all of the remainder of the course. (i) The commission will not grant partial credit to an inspector who attends a portion of a course. |
| Source Note: The provisions of this §535.218 adopted to be effective February 11, 1992, 17 TexReg 680; amended to be effective December 21, 1993, 18 TexReg 9103; amended to be effective September 15, 1994, 19 TexReg 6915; amended to be effective January 1, 2001, 25 TexReg 11653; amended to be effective June 27, 2002, 27 TexReg 5521; amended to be effective May 11, 2004, 29 TexReg 4487; amended to be effective December 29, 2005, 30 TexReg 8693; amended to be effective January 1, 2011, 35 TexReg 11693 |
