Ala. Admin. Code r. 465-X-8-.03

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 02, November 27, 2024

Section 465-X-8-.03 - Continuing Education Requirements For Licensees And Designated Qualifying Representatives

(1) Beginning with the 2022 licensure year, all active individual licensees and/or the designated qualifying representative for an active corporation, limited liability company, or partnership licensee shall obtain six (6) credit hours of continuing education taught by a Board approved provider or instructor each year in order to maintain an active license.

(2) A licensee and/or the designated qualifying representative for an active corporation, limited liability company, or partnership licensee may carry over up to six (6) hours of continuing education hours from one licensure period to the following licensure period.

(3) Licensees and/or the designated qualifying representative for an active corporation, limited liability company, or partnership licensee are required to complete at least two (2) credit hours each year of Alabama specific courses approved by the Board.

(4) The Board may act as a provider and use qualified Board staff as instructors to provide specific and required classes relative to the Home Builders Licensure Board law and administrative regulations or other courses as needed.

(5) Licensees/DQRs may complete the remaining credit hours each year from approved elective courses.

(6) Credit hours taken to meet continuing education requirements for similar professions and taught by Board approved instructors may be used to meet the Board's continuing education requirements. Licensees seeking credit for courses taken to meet continuing education requirements for similar professions not taught by a Board approved instructor may follow instructions set forth in Ala. Admin. Code r. 465-X-8-.03(7) below.

(7) Licensees seeking credit for a non-traditional continuing education course must submit the written request and any required documentation of the course completed to the Board with the required fee for review and approval within the current license year and prior to the renewal of the license for the following year.

(8) Board approved continuing education instructors who are also individual licensees and/or the designated qualifying representative for a corporate, limited liability company, or partnership licensee may use their course instruction to satisfy the continuing education requirement. Instructors must provide the Board with evidence of what Board approved courses he or she taught, when course(s) were taught, and how many credit hours were taught. Instructors will receive credit for an individual course one time only.

(9) Remedial education courses ordered as a part of disciplinary action by the Board shall not count toward the six (6) hours of continuing education.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 465-X-8-.03

Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XL, Issue No. 03, December 30, 2021, eff. 2/13/2022.

Authors: J. Seth Gowan, Lauren Razick, Darlene Burt

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-14A-7, 34-14A-11.