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TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 23TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 535PROVISIONS OF THE REAL ESTATE LICENSE ACT
SUBCHAPTER GMANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION
RULE §535.71Mandatory Continuing Education: Approval of Providers, Courses and Instructors
ISSUE 08/03/2001
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule

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

(c)The commission adopts by reference the following forms published and available from the commission, P.O. Box 12188, Austin, Texas, 78711-2188:

  (1)-(7)(No change.)

  (8)MCE Form 9-4 [9-3], Alternative Instructional Methods Reporting Form;

  (9)-(13)(No change.)

(d)-(o)(No change.)

(p)Correspondence courses. The commission may approve a provider to offer an MCE course by correspondence subject to the following conditions:

  (1)-(2)(No change.)

  (3)students receiving MCE credit for the course must pass either:

    (A)a proctored written examination administered under controlled conditions to positively identified students, at a location and by an official approved by the commission and graded by the instructor or, if the examination is being graded mechanically or by use of a computer, by the provider, using answer keys approved by the instructor or provider; or

     (B)an examination by use of a computer under conditions that satisfy the commission that the examinee is the same person who seeks MCE credit; and

  (4)written course work required of students must be graded by an approved instructor or the provider's coordinator or director, who is available to answer students' questions or provide assistance as necessary, using answer keys approved by the instructor or provider[; and]

   [(5)final examinations must be graded by the instructor or, if the examination is being graded mechanically or by use of a computer, by the provider, using answer keys approved by the instructor or provider].

(q)-(r)(No change.)

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 July 17, 2001

TRD-200104108

Mark A. Moseley

General Counsel

Texas Real Estate Commission

Earliest possible date of adoption: September 2, 2001

For further information, please call: (512) 465-3900



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