Texas Administrative Code › Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS › Part 23 - TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION › Chapter 535 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter R - REAL ESTATE INSPECTORS › Section 535.213 - Qualifying Real Estate Inspector Instructors and Courses

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Approval of
				  Inspector Qualifying Courses. Inspector qualifying courses are approved and
				  regulated as required by §
										535.62 of this chapter (relating
				  to Approval of Qualifying Courses).
(b) Approved Qualifying Courses of Study. The
				  subjects approved for credit for qualifying inspector courses consist of the
				  following modules:
(1) Property and Building
				  Inspection Module I (40 hours) shall contain the topics and units outlined in
				  the PBIM 1-0, Property and Building Inspection I Qualifying Inspector Course
				  Approval Form, hereby adopted by reference.
(2) Property and Building Inspection Module
				  II (40 hours) shall contain the topics and units outlined in the PBIM 2-0,
				  Property and Building Inspection II Qualifying Real Estate Inspector Course
				  Approval Form, hereby adopted by reference.
(3) Analysis of Findings and Reporting Module
				  (20 hours) shall contain the topics and units outlined in the AFRM-0, Analysis
				  of Findings and Reporting Module Qualifying Real Estate Inspector Course
				  Approval Form, hereby adopted by reference.
(4) Business Operations and Professional
				  Responsibilities Module (10 hours) shall contain the topics and units outlined
				  in the BOPRM-0, Business Operations and Professional Responsibilities
				  Qualifying Real Estate Inspector Course Approval Form, hereby adopted by
				  reference.
(5) Texas Law Module (20
				  hours) shall contain the topics and units outlined in the TLM-1, Texas Law
				  Module, Qualifying Real Estate Inspector Course Approval Form, hereby adopted
				  by reference.
(6) Texas Standards of
				  Practice Module (24 hours) shall contain the topics and units outlined in the
				  TSOPM-0, Texas Standards of Practice Module Qualifying Real Estate Inspector
				  Course Approval Form, hereby adopted by reference.
(7) Texas Practicum (40 hours), which shall
				  consist of a minimum of five complete and in-person inspections.
(A) The Texas Practicum must:
(i) be supervised by a currently licensed
				  inspector who has:
(I) been actively licensed
				  as a professional inspector for at least five years; and
(II) at least three years of supervisory or
				  training experience with inspectors; or
(III) performed a minimum of 200 real estate
				  inspections as a Texas professional inspector; and
(ii) consist of no more than four students
				  per inspector supervising the Texas Practicum.
(B) The inspector supervising the Texas
				  Practicum must evaluate that upon completion by the student, each report is:
(i) considered satisfactory for release to an
				  average consumer; and
(ii)
				  demonstrates an understanding of:
(I) report
				  writing;
(II) client
				  interaction;
(III) personal
				  property protection; and
(IV)
				  concepts critical for the positive outcome of the inspection
				  process.
(C) An
				  applicant may request credit for completing the Texas Practicum (40 hours) by
				  submitting the credit request form approved by the Commission.
(D) Audits.
(i) The Commission staff may conduct an audit
				  of any information provided on a Texas Practicum credit request form, including
				  verifying that the inspector supervising the Texas Practicum meets the
				  qualifications required to supervise the practicum.
(ii) The following acts committed by a
				  supervisory inspector conducting the Texas Practicum are grounds for
				  disciplinary action:
(I) making material
				  misrepresentation of fact;
(II)
				  making a false representation to the Commission, either intentionally or
				  negligently, that a student completed the Texas Practicum in its entirety,
				  satisfying all requirements for credit to be
				  awarded.