| (a) Continuing education required for renewal.
(1) Before renewal of an inspector license, a license
holder must take 32 hours of continuing education which shall include
the following:
(A) 24 hours in the following subjects:
(i) Foundations;
(ii) Framing;
(iii) Building Enclosures;
(iv) Roof Systems;
(v) Plumbing Systems;
(vi) Electrical Systems;
(vii) HVAC Systems;
(viii) Appliances;
(ix) Texas Standard Report Form Writing;
(x) Other approved courses related real estate inspections;
and
(B) eight hours of non-elective coursework in legal,
ethics, SOPs, and report writing.
(2) An inspector who files an application for reinstatement
of 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.
(3) An inspector is not eligible to receive more than
16 hours continuing education credit for any one single subject described
in subsection (a)(1) of this section.
(b) Receiving continuing education credit for ride-along
inspection course.
(1) Up to eight hours of continuing education credit
per two year license period may be given to a license holder for completion
of a 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 subchapter.
(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; and
(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) The Commission may not grant continuing education
credit twice for a course with the same course content taken by a
license holder within a two year period.
(2) 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.
(3) The Commission will not grant partial credit to
an inspector who attends a portion of a course.
(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 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
an inspector licensed in Texas; and
(5) the inspector licensed in Texas has filed a Continuing
Education (CE) Credit Request for an Out of State Course, with the
Commission.
(e) 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 may receive continuing education
credit for a ride-along inspection course conducted by the instructor
if:
(A) the course is completed during the term of the
instructor's current license period; and
(B) the instructor provides the Commission a certification
of course completion no later than the expiration date of that license
period, 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.
(f) Continuing education credit for attendance at a
meeting of the Texas Real Estate Inspector Committee. An inspector
licensed in Texas may receive up to four hours of continuing education
elective credit per license period for attendance in person at any
meeting of the full Texas Real Estate Inspector Committee, provided
that the inspector attend the entire meeting. Partial credit will
not be awarded.
(g) Continuing education credit for courses taken by
persons who hold another occupational license issued by a governmental
body in Texas. An inspector licensed in Texas may receive continuing
education credit for a course taken to satisfy the continuing education
requirements for another occupational license if:
(1) the inspector files the applicable form with the
Commission;
(2) the inspector holds one of the following occupational
licenses, including but not limited to:
(A) plumber;
(B) electrician;
(C) architect;
(D) professional engineer;
(E) air conditioner and refrigeration technician; or
(F) structural pest control applicator or technician;
(3) at the time the course was taken:
(A) the inspector held an active occupational license
issued by a governmental body in Texas; and
(B) the course was approved for continuing education
credit for the other occupational license;
(4) the inspector demonstrates successful completion
of the course by submitting:
(A) a course completion certificate;
(B) a letter from the provider; or
(C) other proof satisfactory to the Commission; and
(5) the primary subject matter of the course was a
subject acceptable for continuing education credit for an inspector
licensed in Texas.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §535.218 adopted to be effective January 1, 2015, 39 TexReg 9669; amended to be effective December 7, 2016, 41 TexReg 9525; amended to be effective May 24, 2017, 42 TexReg 2727; amended to be effective December 6, 2017, 42 TexReg 6805; amended to be effective March 5, 2019, 44 TexReg 1126; amended to be effective September 2, 2019, 44 TexReg 4739; amended to be effective June 11, 2023, 48 TexReg 2948 |
