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(a)Required continuing education. 18 hours of continuing
education are required for each renewal of a real estate sales agent
or broker license and must include:
(1)a four hour Legal Update I: Laws, Rules and Forms
course;
(2)a four hour Legal Update II: Agency, Ethics and
Hot Topics course;
(3)three hours on the subject of real estate contracts
from one or more Commission approved courses; and
(4)a six hour broker responsibility course, if the
license holder:
(A)sponsors one or more sales agent at any time during
the current license period;
(B)is a designated broker of a business entity that
sponsors one or more sales agent at any time during the designated
broker's current license period; or
(C)is a delegated supervisor under §535.2(e)
of this title.
(b)Awarding continuing education credit. The Commission
will award credit to a license holder for an approved continuing education
course upon receipt of a course completion roster from a CE provider
as required under §535.75 of this title.
(c)Continuing education credit for qualifying courses.
Real estate license holders may receive continuing education elective
credit for qualifying real estate courses or qualifying real estate
inspection courses that have been approved by the Commission or that
are accepted by the Commission for satisfying educational requirements
for obtaining or renewing a license. Qualifying real estate courses
must be at least 30 classroom hours in length to be accepted for continuing
education elective credit.
(d)Continuing education credit for course taken outside
of Texas. A course taken by a Texas license holder to satisfy continuing
education requirements of a country, territory, or state other than
Texas may be approved on an individual basis for continuing education
elective credit in Texas upon the Commission's determination that:
(1)the Texas license holder held an active real estate
license in the 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 a real estate license by the a country, territory, or state
other than Texas and, if a correspondence course, was offered by an
accredited college or university;
(3)the Texas license holder's successful completion
of the course has been evidenced by a course completion certificate,
a letter from the provider or such other proof as is satisfactory
to the Commission;
(4)the subject matter of the course was predominately
devoted to a subject acceptable for continuing education credit in
Texas; and
(5)the Texas license holder has filed a Credit Request
for an Out of State Course Credit Request, with the Commission.
(e)Continuing education credit for courses offered
by the State Bar. To request continuing education elective credit
for real estate related courses approved by the State Bar of Texas
for minimum continuing legal education participatory credit, a license
holder is required to file an Individual Credit Request for State
Bar Course.
(f)Continuing education credit for courses required
for a professional designation. A course taken by a license holder
to obtain any of the following professional designations, or any other
real estate related professional designation course deemed worthy
by the Commission, may be approved on an individual basis for continuing
education elective credit if the license holder files for credit for
the course using Individual Elective Credit Request for Professional
Designation Course and provides the Commission with a copy of the
course completion certificate.
(1)ABR--Accredited Buyer Representative
(2)ACoM--Accredited Commercial Manager
(3)ARM--Accredited Residential Manager
(4)CCIM--Certified Commercial-Investment Member
(5)CPM--Certified Property Manager
(6)CRB--Certified Residential Broker
(7)CRE--Counselor in Real Estate
(8)CRS--Certified Residential Specialist
(9)GRI--Graduate, Realtor Institute
(10)MPM--Master Property Manager
(11)SIOR--Society of Industrial and Office Realtors
(12)SRS--Seller Representative Specialist
(g)Continuing education credit for attendance at Commission
meeting. A real estate license holder may receive up to four hours
of continuing education elective credit per license period for attendance
in person at a February Commission meeting.
(h)Continuing education credit for instructors. Instructors
may receive continuing education credit for real estate qualifying
courses subject to the following guidelines:
(1)An instructor may receive credit for those segments
of the course that the instructor teaches by filing a completed Instructor
Credit Request.
(2)An instructor may receive full course credit by
attending any segment that the instructor does not teach in addition
to those segments the instructor does teach.
(i)Limitations. The Commission will not award credit
to a license holder who attends the same course more than once during:
(1)the term of the current license period; or
(2)the two-year period preceding the filing of an
renewal application for a license after the license expiration date
as provided for under §535.93 of this section or return to active
status as provided for under Subchapter L of this Chapter.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has
reviewed the adoption and found it to be a valid exercise of the agency's
legal authority.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on May 27,
2020
TRD-202002184 Vanessa Burgess
General Counsel
Texas Real Estate Commission
Effective date: February 1, 2021
Proposal publication date: February 28, 2020
For further information, please call: (512) 936-3284
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