§ 174-1-30. Real Estate Courses, Course Providers and Instructors.

30.3. Continuing Education

a. Guidelines

A. All continuing education courses should contribute directly to the professional competence of the individual.

B. Materials used in programs should be developed by qualified individuals for use with specified teaching methods.

C. Program content must be current.

b. A provider must submit all course materials to the Commission at the time approval is requested. All continuing education course approvals expire on June 30 of each year. All approved course providers shall make application to the Commission for approval of every continuing education course on forms supplied by the Commission. The application shall be accompanied by a copy of all course materials proposed to be used in the course, a copy of any proposed advertisement and any other information that may be required by the Commission.

c. The minimum length of a continuing education course will be three (3) hours with each hour equalling fifty (50) minutes of instruction. The Commission shall determine the amount of credit to be awarded for each course.

d. The Commission will approve courses that deal with real estate related subjects including but not limited to law, ethics, civil rights, equal opportunity, appraisal, contract law, finance, and principal/agent relationships.

e. When approved audio or video tapes are used, a certified instructor must be present at all times while class is in session.

f. Instructors of continuing education courses may obtain credit toward the continuing education requirement in the same amount as the number of hours awarded to the students but only for the first time the course is taught. No credit shall be given for subsequent teaching of the same course.

g. Each course provider approved to offer continuing education courses shall maintain records indicating the student's name and address, the completion date of the course, the course title, and the amount of hours awarded. These records must be maintained for a minimum period of five (5) years and shall be open to inspection by the Commission or its authorized representative. Each approved provider shall annually supply the Commission with a comprehensive list of all students who have completed a course in continuing education at their institution during the fiscal year July 1 through June 30 no later than July 15 of the succeeding fiscal year. Provided, that Post-Secondary Education Institutions approved under Section 30.1 of this rule, are exempt from this paragraph.

h. Correspondence Courses.

A. The Commission will not approve any correspondence course that is not structured and cannot be monitored.

B. Each correspondence course must, at a minimum, contain a comprehensive final examination consisting of both objective and subjective types of questions in sufficient quantity to assure the student has a thorough knowledge of the course material. In conjunction with submission of the final comprehensive examination to the course provider, the student must execute an affidavit under the penalties of false swearing stating he or she is the individual that completed the final examination, that he or she received no assistance while completing the examination and that he or she actively studied the material in the course for at least the number of hours specified to be awarded for completion of the course.

C. A course provider may not issue a certificate of course completion to any student prior to successful completion of the final comprehensive examination. The minimum passing score on the final comprehensive examination shall be 75%.