Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2250 - Missouri Real Estate Commission › Chapter 7 - Schools › Section 20 CSR 2250-7.010 - Standards for Real Estate School Accreditation and Renewal

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes standards for Real
				  Estate Accreditation and Renewal.
(1) A school wishing to offer a Salesperson
				Pre-Examination Course, a Broker Pre-Examination Course, a Missouri Real Estate
				Practice Course and/or continuing education course(s) in Missouri will be
				accredited by the commission upon compliance with the following requirements:
(A) Each person involved directly or
				indirectly in the sponsorship of a school or who participates or has an
				interest, financial or otherwise, in its operation, shall be at least eighteen
				(18) years of age and a person of good moral character and bear a good
				reputation for honesty, integrity and fair dealings;
(B) Each school shall be supervised by an
				administrator, who shall be in charge of its operations and programs;
(C) The school shall be responsible to see
				that the school's instructors have the specialized preparation, training and
				experience in the subject matter to be taught to ensure competent
				instruction;
(D) The school shall
				advise all students, prior to contractual obligation, that certain criminal
				convictions may prevent the student from receiving or retaining a real estate
				license;
(E) The school shall enter
				into a contract with each student enrolling to take a Salesperson
				Pre-Examination Course, Broker Pre-Examination Course, or the Missouri Practice
				Course of study. This contract shall identify the tuition to be charged, the
				school's policy regarding refund of unearned tuition when a student is
				dismissed or withdraws voluntarily or through hardship, any additional fee to
				be charged for supplies, materials or books which become the property of the
				student upon payment, the standard for the issuance of a certificate of
				satisfactory completion and such other matters as are material to the
				relationship between the school and the student;
(F) The Salesperson Pre-Examination Course,
				Broker Pre-Examination Course, and Missouri Real Estate Practice Course offered
				shall include the subjects set forth in
				20
				CSR 2250-6.060;
(G) In the case of classroom delivery
				courses, each area of study shall be conducted and supervised by an instructor
				who shall be present in the classroom at all times;
(H) In the case of distance delivered
				courses, an instructor must respond to each student's inquiries by the end of
				the next regular business day;
(I)
				The school shall issue to each student who satisfactorily completes the
				prescribed course of study a certificate of satisfactory completion on a form
				prescribed by the commission;
(J)
				For any continuing education classroom course attended by more than twenty-five
				(25) students, the sponsor shall have a person other than the instructor
				present to assist in administrative duties including, but not limited to,
				keeping records of attendance, preparing and distributing certificates and
				assuring that the physical facilities meet the requirements of this
				section;
(K) Record Maintenance.
1. Each school shall maintain for each
				student a record which shall include the course of instruction undertaken,
				dates of attendance and areas of study completed satisfactorily.
2. Each school shall maintain a copy of the
				attendance records for each date and time a particular course is
				offered.
3. A school shall supply
				duplicate certificates to the individuals upon request. A reasonable charge may
				be made for duplicate certificates.
4. Schools approved to offer courses by
				distance delivery, in addition, shall maintain records of all final
				examinations and examination administration.
5. Each student's records shall be maintained
				by the school for a minimum of four (4) years and shall be available for
				inspection by the student or by the commission or its authorized agent during
				regular business hours or shall provide them to the commission by certified
				mail within thirty (30) days of written request.
6. If a school closes, within ten (10) days,
				the school owner must provide in writing to the Missouri Real Estate Commission
				the contact information for the custodian of records for the previous four (4)
				years. If the school is closed due to a merger or sale, the records shall be
				turned over to and become the responsibility of the new school;
(L) Advertising and Publicity.
1. No school shall use any name for
				advertising or publicity purposes other than the name shown upon its
				application for accreditation.
2.
				No school shall advertise or imply that it is recommended, endorsed or approved
				by the commission, but an accredited school may indicate what courses it has
				been approved to teach by the Missouri Real Estate Commission.
3. No school shall permit its administrator,
				staff, instructor(s), or any person associated in any way to provide any
				misleading information to the public or prospective students.
4. No school shall permit its administrator,
				staff, instructor(s), or any person associated in any way approved to teach the
				pre-examination courses to make any warranties or guarantees that a student
				will pass the real estate license examination by taking its courses.
5. Each school shall advertise any approved
				course in clear and unambiguous terms, which includes a statement indicating
				the number of hours of education credit for which the course is approved and
				the correct title of the course as it is stated in the course approval letter
				provided by the commission.
6. No
				real estate education course shall be announced or advertised until it is
				approved by the commission, in writing, for credit; and (M) Physical facilities
				used to teach any approved classroom course shall:
1. Be designed primarily for classroom
				purposes or designed for multipurpose use in the case of meeting halls and
				convention facilities;
2. Contain
				proper seating and writing surfaces;
3. Be properly lighted;
4. Be properly ventilated;
5. Be reasonably free from distracting
				pedestrian traffic;
6. Be
				reasonably free of sound and light disturbances; and
7. Not contain recruiting material and be
				free of reference to individual real estate firms, groups of firms or
				franchises, unless the course is restricted to only licensees of the referenced
				firm or franchise and the notice submitted by the school to the commission is
				clearly marked as a restricted class.