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(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.
This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has
been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of
the agency's legal authority.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on November 9, 2012
TRD-201205806 Kerri T. Galvin
Deputy General Counsel
Texas Real Estate Commission
Effective date: November 29, 2012
Proposal publication date: September 7, 2012
For further information, please call: (512) 936-3092
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