790-X-1-.12. Continuing Education Course Approval And Requirements.

(1) All instructors of continuing education courses, except those who teach only college credit courses, must apply for course approval on a form prescribed by the Commission along with a $100 course review fee and all required documents.
(2) Approved continuing education courses must be taught only by approved instructors. Otherwise those completing the course cannot receive credit toward meeting continuing education requirements.
(3) In order to be approved for continuing education credit, courses must contain a minimum of three (3) clock hours of instruction. A licensee cannot earn more than nine (9) hours of continuing education credit in any one day. Upon special request courses which contain one and one-half (1 ½) hours may be approved by the Commission.
(4) Course sponsors may not hold courses out as approved, enroll students or conduct classes for which students expect to earn continuing education credit prior to the course instructor receiving written approval to teach the course from the Commission. Course instructors should submit the course application to the Commission at least 30 days prior to the proposed beginning date of the course.
(5) Course sponsors must report all required course information including the exact location, times and dates of the courses to the Commission via the electronic submission program provided by the Commission at least one week prior to the beginning of each course. Should changes occur in this information, course sponsors must submit the changes immediately via the electronic submission program provided by the Commission.
(6) Course sponsors shall within ten (10) days of course completion, report credit for the students who successfully completed the course to the Commission via the electronic submission program provided by the Commission.
(7) Each licensee shall be responsible for checking the Commission Web site two (2) weeks after course completion to ensure course credit has been accurately reported. If it has not been accurately reported, it is the licensees' responsibility to contact the instructor or school and have the correct information sent to the Commission.
(8) Each course sponsor shall maintain permanent attendance records for its students for a minimum of four (4) years. If a school closes because it merges with another school or is bought by another school, the records for the previous four years shall be turned over to and become the responsibility of the new school. If a branch school closes, the records for the previous four years shall be turned over to and become the responsibility of the main school. In the event a school closes and there is no school to whom the records would revert, the attendance records for the previous four years must be turned over to the Commission so that student course completion can be verified for the required period of time.
(9) No more than one-third of any continuing education class can be presented through videotape unless the course is an ARELLO certified distance education course.
(10) Students must attend 100% of the course offering in order to be awarded continuing education credit. Instructors may take a 10-minute break after each 50 minutes of instruction. Credit will not be given for time spent on meals or other unrelated activities.
(11) Prior to becoming licensed, a person cannot earn real estate continuing education credit.
(12) Salespersons who obtain an original broker's license during the second year of the license period are not exempt from meeting continuing education requirements.
(13) Any licensee who completes the entire 60 hour broker prelicense course or the entire 30 hour post license course will earn 15 clock hours of continuing education credit. A temporary salesperson who takes a post license course which begins in one license period and concludes in the next license period can use the course for continuing education credit for the next renewal of his/her original license.
(14) Instructors must provide each student in any approved continuing education class with instructions on how they can electronically submit a course evaluation to the Commission.
(15) Any licensee who completes a continuing education classroom course or an ARELLO certified distance education course in another state which is approved by any state may receive credit in Alabama for successful completion of that course by submitting appropriate documentation as prescribed by the Commission. Such courses will count as elective continuing education credit only. These courses are not subject to renewal procedures, instructor application and fee or the course review fee.


Author: Alabama Real Estate Commission
Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34 27 6, 34 27 8, 34 27 35, 34-27-36



History:

Filed August 27, 1986. Ed. Note: Former Rule 790-X-1-.11 entitled
''Waiver of Course Requirements under Certain Conditions'' moved in
its entirety to become Rule 790-X-1-.18. Amended: Filed May 17, 1988;
August 15, 1988. Emergency rule filed October 1, 1990.
Amended: Filed December 6, 1990; February 6, 1991; August 7, 1992.
Amended: Filed August 23, 1993; effective September 27, 1993.
Amended: Filed August 23, 1996; effective September 27, 1996.
Amended: Filed August 3, 1998; effective September 7, 1998.
Amended: Filed August 29, 2000; effective October 3, 2000
(Ed. Note: Former Rule 790-X-1-.11 was moved in its entirety
to become 790-X-1-.12, as per this certification).
Amended: Filed September 18, 2001; effective October 23, 2001. Amended: Filed November 25, 2003.