Section 08.88.091. Education of applicants and licensees.

   (a) The commission may conduct and assist in conducting real estate clinics, meetings, courses, or institutes.  The commission may
        (1) assist libraries and educational institutions in sponsoring studies and programs; and
        (2) publish informational materials for the purpose of raising the standards of the real estate business and the competency of licensees.
   (b) An applicant for licensure under AS 08.88.171(c) must complete 40 hours of education approved by the commission before the person may be licensed under that subsection.
   (c) [See delayed amendment note]. =ro An applicant for licensure under AS 08.88.171(a) or (b) shall complete 30 hours of education approved by the commission before the person may be licensed under either of those subsections.
   (d) A person who is licensed under this chapter must complete 20 hours of continuing education approved by the commission before the person's license may be renewed. The commission may not establish limits that prevent a person from satisfying this continuing education requirement within a two-day period.
   (e) Except for a course described in (f)(1) or (3) of this section, in order for an educational course to be recognized for credit under this section, AS 08.88.095, or 08.88.098, the course outline and the instructor of the course shall have been approved by the commission or the commission's designee before the course is conducted. A course outline or instructor is considered approved if the commission or the commission's designee does not disapprove the outline or instructor within 45 days after the date on which complete application was made for approval. Each approved contact hour of a submitted course outline constitutes one credit hour of education under (d) of this section, AS 08.88.095, or 08.88.098. The fee for continuing education course certification under AS 08.88.221 and for course certification under AS 08.88.221 to satisfy the educational requirements of AS 08.88.095 and 08.88.098 must be based on the hours approved for credit, not on the hours submitted.
   (f) The commission shall establish by regulation the educational and continuing educational requirements for licenses issued by the commission. The regulations for continuing education requirements and for educational requirements under AS 08.88.095 and 08.88.098 must allow the following types of courses to qualify for the appropriate number of credit hours, as determined by the commission:
        (1) courses that are developed by national organizations, as identified for the purpose of this paragraph in the commission's regulations, that are delivered by nationally certified instructors and that are required in order to earn professional designations from a national organization in specialized areas of licensed real estate practice; notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the commission may not charge a fee for these courses;
        (2) technology courses directly related to real estate practice that are designed to enhance the skills and performance of a real estate licensee; and
        (3) courses offered by an accredited college or university as part of a real estate curriculum that are available for at least one quarter-hour or one-half semester-hour of academic credit; the commission may not charge a fee for these courses.
   (g) The commission shall establish core curricula for continuing education in the following areas: real estate sales, property management, community association management, and commercial sales. A licensee shall complete at least one of the four core curricula during each biennial licensing period as part of the licensee's continuing education.

Authorities

8.88.095; 8.88.098; 8.88.171; 8.88.241

Notes

Recent Bills that will modify this

HB 281 REAL ESTATE BROKER LICENSURE REQS
SB 158 REAL ESTATE COMMISSION;BROKER LICENSING

Implemented As

12 AAC 64.059
12 AAC 64.063
12 AAC 64.064
12 AAC 64.071
12 AAC 64.400
12 AAC 64.410
12 AAC 64.420
12 AAC 64.430
12 AAC 64.440
12 AAC 64.450
12 AAC 64.460
12 AAC 64.470
12 AAC 64.500
12 AAC 64.510
12 AAC 64.990

References

12 AAC 64.060
12 AAC 64.063
12 AAC 64.071
12 AAC 64.410
12 AAC 64.440
12 AAC 64.500
AS 8.88.095 .095">Sec. 08.88.095. Educational requirements after initial license.
AS 8.88.098 .098">Sec. 08.88.098. Educational requirements after suspension.
AS 8.88.171 .171">Sec. 08.88.171. Eligibility for license.
AS 8.88.241 .241">Sec. 08.88.241. Reinstatement of lapsed license.

History

(Sec. 1 ch 95 SLA 1964; am Sec. 8 ch 167 SLA 1980; am Sec. 2 ch 105 SLA 1990; am Sec. 5 - 7 ch 45 SLA 1998; am Sec. 2, 3 ch 74 SLA 2005; am Sec. 2 ch 51 SLA 2007; am Sec. 1 ch 39 SLA 2016)