Alabama Administrative Code › Title 790 - ALABAMA REAL ESTATE COMMISSION › Chapter 790-X-1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 790-X-1-.17 - Disciplinary Actions For Instructors, Administrators And Schools

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) The Commission
			 may take disciplinary action against an instructor, an administrator or a
			 school in accordance with §
								34-27-6 for violation of any of the following:
(a) Is
			 a party to any falsification of any document or other information provided to
			 the Commission.
(b) Publishes or
			 causes to be published any advertising which is not in accordance with
			 Commission rules.
(c) Is guilty or
			 has been found guilty of violating or disregarding any provision of the Alabama
			 Real Estate License Law or any rule, regulation or order of the
			 Commission.
(d) Engages in conduct
			 which constitutes or demonstrates dishonest dealings, bad faith or
			 untrustworthiness.
(e) Fails to
			 file with the Commission, either by paper or electronically, accurate and
			 complete records or fails to furnish any documents at the request of the
			 Commission by the required deadlines.
(f) Awards credit to any student who fails to
			 comply with the student attendance participation standards as set forth in
			 Commission rules.
(g) Fails to
			 obtain a license for each location where the school offers a prelicense or post
			 license course.
(h) Does an
			 inadequate job of teaching the curriculum required by the Commission or
			 submitted to be approved by the Commission as evidenced by the use of
			 inaccurate, inappropriate and outdated teaching materials/information,
			 student's poor performance on the state examination, student evaluations and/or
			 Commission audits. This shall include failing to teach the content contained in
			 the detailed content outline approved by the Commission.
(i) Takes no action to correct problems as
			 identified in Commission audits.
(j) After receiving written warning from the
			 Commission, continues to make inaccurate comments to students regarding course
			 content or continues to offer opinions represented as being the law or
			 principles of law to students which are in conflict with any material contained
			 in a Commission prescribed or approved course.
(k) Engages in unprofessional behavior and/or
			 inappropriate conduct in the classroom including but not limited to regular
			 tardiness, disorganization, the use of profanity, ridicule, and sarcasm
			 directed at subject matter, students or others, telling offensive jokes, and
			 making inappropriate remarks unrelated to the subject matter.
(l) Fails to identify course objectives and
			 display adequate knowledge of subject matter in presentation of information and
			 answering of student questions.
(m)
			 Fails to utilize a variety of teaching methods to accommodate visual, auditory,
			 and tactile learning styles. Instructors shall not limit instruction to
			 lecture, reading text material, utilizing audio-visual technology, or studying
			 questions similar to those on the licensing examination which do not utilize
			 interactive instructional techniques. Examples of interactive instructional
			 techniques include but are not limited to role play, case studies, games, group
			 work, etc.