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TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 23TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 535GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER RREAL ESTATE INSPECTORS
RULE §535.212Education and Experience Requirements for a License
ISSUE 08/30/2013
ACTION Emergency
Preamble No Rule Available

(a) - (b)(No change.)

(c)Effective September 1, 2013 [2011], a person may satisfy the 130 [128]-hour education requirement for licensure as a professional inspector pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section by completing the following coursework:

  (1) - (2)(No change.)

  (3)8 [6] hours in Texas Standards of Practice/Legal/Ethics Update; and

  (4)(No change.)

(d) - (f)(No change.)

(g)Substitute requirements for a professional inspector license. Effective September 1, 2013, a [A] person may satisfy the substitute education and experience requirements to become licensed as a professional inspector as follows:

  (1)A person who does not have three years of experience as an architect, engineer, or engineer-in-training must:

    (A)complete a total of 330 [328] hours of core inspection coursework. Effective September 1, 2013 [ 2011], these hours must include the following:

      (i)130 [128] hours of coursework as outlined in subsection (c) of this section;

      (ii) - (xii)(No change.)

    (B)(No change.)

  (2)A person who has at least three years of experience as an active practicing licensed or registered architect, professional engineer, or engineer-in-training must:

    (A)complete a total of 144 [142] hours of core inspection coursework. Effective September 1, 2013 [ 2011], these hours must include the following:

      (i)130 [128] hours of coursework as outlined in subsection (c) of this section;

      (ii) - (iii)(No change.)

    (B)(No change.)

(h)(No change.)

This agency hereby certifies that the emergency adoption 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 15, 2013

TRD-201303407

Loretta DeHay

General Counsel

Texas Real Estate Commission

Effective date: September 1, 2013

Expiration date: December 29, 2013

For further information, please call: (512) 936-3092



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