(a)Except as provided by this section, the accreditation and regulation of schools and courses of study in real estate inspection and the approval of instructors will [shall] be conducted as required for real estate schools by §535.64 [§535.66 ] of this title (relating to Accreditation of Schools and Approval of Courses and Instructors [Educational Programs: Accreditation ]), §535.65 of this title (relating to Changes in Ownership or Operation of School; Presentation of Courses, Advertising, and Records ) and §535.66 of this title (relating to Payment of Annual Fee, Audits, Investigations and Enforcement Actions). (b)A person [An entity] applying for accreditation of a real estate inspection school shall use application forms approved by the commission [submit course material for no less than 90 hours of core real estate inspection courses]. All [Additional] courses must [may] be approved [submitted for approval] by the commission prior to being offered for credit. A school accredited by the commission to offer real estate courses is not required to apply for an accreditation under this section to offer real estate inspection courses, provided all courses offered by the school have been approved by the commission. The commission may submit proposed courses to the Texas Real Estate Inspector Committee for review and recommendation. [(c)To be eligible to apply for approval as an instructor in a core real estate inspection course, a person must shall be:] [(1)a professional inspector licensed in Texas with a minimum of three years active practice in the areas of study for which approval is sought;] [(2)a person holding a bachelor's or higher degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 12 semester credits of course work in the area of study for which approval is sought; or] [(3)a person found by the commission to possess a background substantially equivalent to paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection by means of professional or instructional experience.] [(d)Daily course segments must be at least two hours long but not longer than 10 hours.] [(e)The provisions of subsection (kk) of §535.66 of this title (relating to Educational Programs: Accreditation) do not apply to a real estate inspection course for which less than 30 hours of credit is given.] [(f)The commission may submit proposed courses to the Texas Real Estate Inspector Committee for review and recommendation.]
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been
reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office of
the Secretary of State, on
August 18, 2000
TRD-200005839 Mark A. Moseley
General Counsel
Texas Real Estate Commission
Earliest possible date of adoption: October 1, 2000
For further information, please call: (512) 465-3900
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