Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61J2 - Florida Real Estate Commission › Chapter 61J2-3 - MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 61J2-3.009 - Continuing Education for Active and Inactive Broker and Sales Associate Licensees

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
(a) All persons holding active or inactive
				licenses as brokers or sales associates must satisfactorily complete a minimum
				of 14 hours of instruction of 50 minutes each as the Commission has prescribed
				or approved during each license renewal period excluding the first renewal
				period of their current license.
(b) For all courses approved for classroom
				delivery, 50 minute hours means fifty minutes of classroom instruction,
				exclusive of any breaks, recesses, or other time not spent in instruction.
				Classroom hours are the hours delivered live by an instructor in a classroom or
				by live streaming or any means of video conferencing technology while students
				are in attendance at permitted or approved school locations.
(c) Any school or provider requesting
				approval for a live streaming course must submit to the DBPR at the time of
				course submission all course materials as well as information on the delivery
				method and software platform being used.
(d) Distance learning means the delivery of
				education offerings or courses by correspondence or via the internet and/or
				other interactive electronic media. Such offerings or courses shall be
				interactive, providing for the interchange of information between the student
				and instructor, and shall provide for the registration, evaluation, and
				monitoring of students.
(e) 50
				minute hours for distance learning courses shall be the equivalent of the 50
				minute classroom hour in a classroom delivery course.
(f) The Commission shall approve any
				specialty 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. "Specialty" courses on real estate
				practices shall be approved for no less than 2 hours and for not more than 8
				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 a "specialty" course will be based on its compliance with
				the criteria established in Section
				475.182(1),
				F.S.
(g) A school or provider must
				submit the course materials and end-of-course examinations to the Commission
				for evaluation at least 60 days prior to use and receive approval before it may
				offer the course, The school or provider must also submit a copy of the
				continuing education course, and access to the course, in the format in which
				the course will be offered to the student. Thereafter, it is the responsibility
				of the school or provider offering the Commission-approved courses to keep the
				course materials current and accurate, as changing times and laws
				require.
(h) All Core Law
				continuing education courses shall be resubmitted for evaluation prior to every
				second renewal. Classroom and distance education courses may be submitted for
				renewal no more than 120 days prior to the course expiration date.
(i) If a school or provider develops a new
				version of course materials or new end-of-course examinations during the
				approval period, the end-of-course examinations and a summary of the changes
				must be submitted to the Commission at least 60 days prior to use and receive
				approval before it may offer the course.