Continuing Education for School Instructors

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Florida Real Estate Commission

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

61J2-3.011Continuing Education for School Instructors

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 43 No. 230, November 30, 2017 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

The changes are in response to written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee in a letter dated December 8, 2017, and a meeting of the Commission on February 21, 2018. The changes are as follows:

61J2-3.011 Continuing Education for School Instructors.

(1)(a) through (b) No change.

(2)(a) through (b) No change.

(c) The Commission shall approve any course, seminar or conference in the real estate practice area provided by a public or private school, firm, association, organization, person, corporation, sponsor or provider. Instructional Technique courses shall be approved for no less than 2 hours and for not more than 4 hours of instruction of 50 minutes each. Courses shall not be approved for fractional hours. The Commission will approve the course for 24 months. Approval or denial of an Instructional Techniques course will be based on its compliance with the following criteria:  the course shall be related to real estate, designed to be training oriented to teach instructors how to present courses and provide updates on statutes and rules relevant to the real estate industry. established in Section 475.451(2)(b)3, F.S.

(d) through (f) No change.

(3) through (5) No change.

(6)(a) through (d) No change.

(e) If the provider or school receives a completed examination from the student prior to or on the date of the course expiration, the provider or school has up to 15 days from the course expiration date to grade the exam and report the student’s results as prescribed in Section Chapter 455.2178, F.S.

(7) through (9) No change.

Rulemaking Authority 455.2123, 475.05, 475.451 FS. Law Implemented 455.2123, 455.2178, 475.451(2)(c) FS. History–New 7-28-80, Amended 8-24-80, 1-3-84, Formerly 21V-3.11, Amended 7-25-90, 7-20-93, Formerly 21V-3.011, Amended 12-30-97, 1-18-00, 9-17-00, 2-4-04, 10-13-10, 12-6-12,              .

 

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Lori Crawford, Executive Director, Florida Real Estate Commission, 400 W. Robinson Street, #N801, Orlando, Florida 32801, [e-mail].