Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2250 - Missouri Real Estate Commission › Chapter 7 - Schools › Section 20 CSR 2250-7.090 - Investigation and Review of Accredited Schools and Approved Courses

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule outlines additional requirements
				  for approved schools offering distance delivered courses.
(1) The commission may, upon its own motion,
				or upon written complaint filed by any person, investigate the school, courses,
				course delivery and/or records maintained by an accredited school.
(2) In conducting such investigation, the
				commission shall have the power to hold an investigatory hearing to determine
				whether there is a probability that the school, or any person acting on its
				behalf, has performed or attempted to perform any act or practice in violation
				of the statutes and regulations.
(3) The commission may also investigate
				approved or proposed course offerings by conferring with sponsors and
				instructors, by visiting (with or without prior notice), or by surveys to
				participants, instructors and/or the school administrator.
(4) The commission may deny, suspend, revoke
				or place on probation the accreditation of any school if it is determined that
				the school, administrator, staff, instructor(s) or any person associated in any
				way have violated any of the requirements of Chapter 7 of these regulations or
				have performed or attempted to perform any acts identified in
				20
				CSR 2250-7.090(5).
(5) The commission may cause a complaint
				against the school to be filed with the Administrative Hearing Commission as
				provided by law when the commission believes there is a probability that a
				school or any person acting on its behalf has performed or attempted to perform
				any of the following acts:
(A) Fails to
				maintain the standards set out in Chapter 7 of these regulations;
(B) Is a party to any falsification of any
				document or other information provided to, or maintained at the request of the
				commission;
(C) Makes any false
				statement or substantial misrepresentation in applying for
				accreditation;
(D) Submits an
				application or supporting material that contains false or misleading statements
				or substantial misrepresentations;
(E) Has an accumulative pass rate for
				first-time examinees taking the school's Salesperson Pre-Examination Course or
				Broker Pre-Examination Course that falls below forty percent (40%) for three
				(3) of the last six (6) months;
(F)
				Causes, permits or otherwise encourages the communication of any advertising or
				solicitation of any kind, whether written or oral, designed to induce or
				encourage students, enrolled or to be enrolled at the school to enter into
				employment with any broker;
(G)
				Permits any person or entity to recruit students enrolled at the school by
				means of coercion, pressure tactics, free offerings, rebates or similar
				means;
(H) Engages in conduct which
				constitutes or demonstrates dishonest dealings, bad faith or
				untrustworthiness;
(I) Engages in
				inappropriate conduct in the classroom including but not limited to the use of
				profanity, telling of offensive jokes, and making inappropriate remarks
				unrelated to the subject matter;
(J) Fails to file with the commission,
				accurate, timely, and complete records;
(K) Awards credit to any student who has
				either not taken the course or who has failed to satisfactorily complete the
				course;
(L) Makes false statements
				regarding and/or promotes specific real estate related business models,
				organization structures, or organizations and fee structures; and/or
(M) As a real estate licensee violates the
				statutes or regulations that govern the practice of real estate in this
				state.