| (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 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;
(ii) 2 hours of Legal; and
(iii) 2 hours of Ethics.
(2) A real estate inspector or professional inspector
who files an application for reinstatement of a 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) 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.
(d) 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 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 two year license renewal period.
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