South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:69 - REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS › Chapter 20:69:11 - Postlicensing and continuing education › Section 20:69:11:07 - Criteria for postlicensing or continuing education course approval

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
The commission may approve any course, seminar, conference,
				  or equivalent that is provided by the commission, a public or private school,
				  organization, association, person, corporation, society, or similar
				  organization. The commission, when acting on an application for approval of a
				  course, shall consider the following minimum criteria:
(1) Courses must have a total instruction
				time of not less than three hours;
(2) Courses offered via electronic means with
				real time visual and audio interaction between instructor and student, provided
				the instructor or a proctor can continuously view all participating students on
				their monitor or other viewing device or screen, or otherwise demonstrate to
				the executive director's satisfaction the capability to track and record the
				presence and participation of students;
(3) A course provider must certify to the
				best of its knowledge the attendance of each student at the course. The course
				provider shall submit its criteria for measuring attendance in the application
				for course approval on a form provided by the commission;
(4) The course provider shall maintain for a
				minimum of three years records of students successfully completing a
				course;
(5) Credit must be earned
				on the basis of attendance or, in the case of independent study or distance
				education courses, completion of the course;
(6) Each course of study may have a
				coordinator or administrator supervising the program. The coordinator must be
				qualified, either through previous education or experience, to administer a
				real estate course of study, to evaluate course content and instructors, and to
				analyze examinations; and
(7) All
				instructors in a real estate course of study must file with the commission
				credentials showing the necessary specialized preparation, training, and
				experience to ensure competent instruction. The commission shall approve each
				instructor individually. Approval must be obtained from the commission before
				the instructor's lecture in an approved course of study. Instructors,
				lecturers, seminar leaders, and others who present a postlicensing or
				continuing education course must meet at least one of the following
				qualifications:
(a) A bachelor's, graduate,
				or postgraduate degree in the field in which the person is to teach;
(b) A valid teaching credential or
				certificate from South Dakota or another state authorizing the holder to teach
				in the field of instruction being offered;
(c) Five years' full-time experience in a
				professional, trade, or technical occupation in the applicable field;
(d) Any combination of at least five years of
				full-time applicable field experience and college level education; or
(e) Expertise in specialized courses as
				approved by the commission.
In addition to meeting at least one of the qualifications in
				  (a) to (e), inclusive, an instructor seeking approval to teach real estate
				  agency law specific to South Dakota must complete an approved training
				  course.