| (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) 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) or be a course relating to
wood destroying insects, radon, asbestos, lead, or other hazardous
substances.
(c) 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 two-year period.
(d) 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.
(e) 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 reinstatement within
two years 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.
(f) 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.
(g) The commission will not grant partial credit to
an inspector who attends a portion of a course.
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| 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; amended to be effective November 29, 2012, 37 TexReg 9366 |
