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CONTINUING
EDUCATION
REQUIREMENTS Q & A |
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Who must
take continuing education?
Brokers renewing an
active license, Brokers applying to activate a license & expired
licensees applying within 3 years to reinstate their license to
active status.
Who is NOT required to complete continuing education?
Licensees renewing an inactive license or converting to
inactive status upon renewal.
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How do I meet the continuing education requirements?
Each active licensed broker must complete the annual "CREC
Update Course" every year during each license period plus electives
to total 24 hours of education during the license period.
A licensee may NOT take the same version of the Update
course more than once during each year, OR
complete
the 24 hour "Brokerage Administration" course
OR 24 hour
"Broker Transition" course, providing it has not previously been
taken during the renewal cycle. OR pass the
state portion of the broker licensing exam during renewal cycle.
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When must continuing education be completed?
Before renewing any active license. Licenses now expire on
your anniversary date. If a licensee has a 2, 21/2 or 3
year license, 24 hours of education still apply. Before
applying to re-activate an inactive license or before applying
to reinstate an expired license on active status.
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How does a licensee prove completion of continuing education?
Licensees must retain their own file of course completion
certificates for at least 4 years. Licensees DO NOT send
certificates to the Real Estate Commission unless you have been
audited and requested to do so by them.
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The CREC Update
Course is a yearly requirement for all active licensees. If you
fail to complete these courses during each renewal cycle and/or
you fail to complete the additional hours of elective continuing
education during a renewal period, you may be found delinquent
on a continuing education random audit and assess a fine under
the license law. Hours in excess of 24 may not be carried
forward into the next license period.
Ethics is required
every four years by the National Association
of REALTORS®.
While this course it is not required by the
Commission to renew your license, you may
certainly use CE hours earned from taking
the course as elective credits for license
renewal if taken during your licensing
period. We are now in the 3rd cycle of
the Quadrennial requirement (2009-2012) All
agents will need to take some kind of an
Ethics course before the end of 2012 if they
have not yet done so either in 2009, 2010 or
2011.
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