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TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 23TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 535GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER ILICENSE RENEWAL
RULE §535.92Continuing Education Requirements
ISSUE 12/12/2014
ACTION Final/Adopted
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule

(a)Required continuing education. 15 hours of continuing education are required for each renewal of a real estate salesperson or broker license and must include:

  (1)a three hour legal update course;

  (2)a three hour ethics course; and

  (3)a six hour broker responsibility course, if the license holder:

    (A)sponsors one or more salespersons; or

    (B)is a designated broker of a business entity or a delegated supervisor of one or more license holders for a period of six months or more during the supervisors current license period.

(b)Legislator waiver. A license holder who is a current member of the Texas Legislature is not required to take the three hour ethics course required under subsection (a) of this section.

(c)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.

(d)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.

(e)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.

(f)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.

(g)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)CRE--Counselor in Real Estate

  (3)CPM--Certified Property Manager

  (4)CCIM--Certified Commercial-Investment Member

  (5)CRB--Certified Residential Broker

  (6)CRS--Certified Residential Specialist

  (7)GRI--Graduate, Realtor Institute

  (8)IREM--Institute of Real Estate Management

  (9)SIOR--Society of Industrial and Office Realtors

(h)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 November 24, 2014

TRD-201405649

Kerri Lewis

General Counsel

Texas Real Estate Commission

Effective date: January 1, 2015

Proposal publication date: September 5, 2014

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



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