WSR 02-03-080

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING


[ Filed January 15, 2002, 1:06 p.m. ]

     Date of Adoption: January 8, 2002.

     Purpose: To mandate three clock hours of prescribed core curriculum for real estate licensees license renewal.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 308-124A-600; and [new section] WAC 308-124A-605.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.85.040(1), 43.24.086.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 01-23-004 on November 7, 2001.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 1, Amended 1, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

January 15, 2002

Alan E. Rathbun

Assistant Director

OTS-5059.2


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 97-01-027, filed 12/10/96, effective 1/10/97)

WAC 308-124A-600   Continuing education clock hour requirements.   A licensee shall submit to the department evidence of satisfactory completion of clock hours, pursuant to RCW 18.85.165, in the manner and on forms prescribed by the department.

     (1) A licensee applying for renewal of an active license shall submit evidence of completion of at least thirty clock hours of instruction in a course(s) approved by the director and commenced within thirty-six months of a licensee's renewal date. A minimum of fifteen clock hours must be completed within twenty-four months of the licensee's current renewal date((;)), and a portion of that fifteen must include three hours of the prescribed core curriculum defined at WAC 308-124A-605. Up to fifteen clock hours of instruction beyond the thirty clock hours submitted for a previous renewal date may be carried forward to the following renewal date. Licensees shall begin reporting prescribed core curriculum for renewal dates on or after June 1, 2004. Failure to report successful completion of the prescribed core curriculum clock hours shall result in denial of license renewal.

     (2) The thirty clock hours shall be satisfied by evidence of completion of approved real estate courses as defined in WAC 308-124H-025. A portion of the thirty clock hours of continuing education must include three clock hours of prescribed core curriculum defined at WAC 308-124A-605.

     (3) Courses for continuing education clock hour credit shall be commenced after issuance of a first license.

     (4) A licensee shall not place a license on inactive status to avoid the continuing education requirement. A licensee shall submit evidence of completion of continuing education clock hours to activate a license if activation occurs within one year after the license had been placed on inactive status and the last renewal of the license had been as an inactive license.

     (5) Approved courses may be repeated for continuing education credit in subsequent renewal periods.

     (6) Clock hour credit for continuing education shall not be accepted if:

     (a) The course is not approved pursuant to chapter 308-124H WAC and chapter 18.85 RCW;

     (b) Course(s) was taken to activate an inactive license pursuant to RCW 18.85.215(3);

     (c) Course(s) was used to satisfy the requirements of RCW 18.85.095 (1)(b), real estate salesperson's license, RCW 18.85.095 (2)(a), real estate salesperson's practices course, and RCW 18.85.090, broker's license and WAC 308-124A-570, reinstatement.

     (7) Instructors shall not receive clock hour credit for teaching or course development.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.85.040 and chapter 18.86 RCW. 97-01-027, § 308-124A-600, filed 12/10/96, effective 1/10/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.85.040 and SB 6284. 95-03-012, § 308-124A-600, filed 1/5/95, effective 2/5/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.85.040. 91-23-006, § 308-124A-600, filed 11/7/91, effective 12/8/91.]


NEW SECTION
WAC 308-124A-605   Defining prescribed core curriculum.   A licensee shall submit to the department evidence of satisfactory completion of three clock hours of core curriculum continuing education approved by the director. Core curriculum continuing education is a specific course of study, recommended by the real estate commission for approval by the director that provides practical information on contemporary issues relating to the practice of real estate. The commission may recommend multiple core curricula to address residential, commercial and property management disciplines or may recommend readoption of the same core curriculum if appropriate. Core curriculum may be developed in a separate three clock-hour course or may be three clock hours contained within an approved thirty or less clock-hour course. Core curriculum must be completed within twenty-four months of the licensee's renewal date. Core curriculum commenced within thirty-six months but more than twenty-four months prior to the licensee's renewal date, may not count towards the core curriculum requirement, but may apply as regular continuing education credit for renewal.

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