Qualifications for approval of continuing education activities shall be as stated herein.
003.01 A continuing education activity offered in the State of Nebraska shall be qualified for approval if the Real Estate Commission determines that: 003.01A The continuing education activity contributes to the maintenance and improvement of the quality of real estate services provided by real estate licensees to the public; and 003.01B An in-class continuing education activity must consist of at least three in-class clock hours but no more than nine in-class clock hours in any one day of instruction. In the case of a continuing education activity delivered in a distance education format there must be at least the content equivalent of three in-class clock hours, and certification pursuant to 299 NAC 7-002.02. An in-class clock hour is defined as 50 minutes in length; and 003.01C The provider has submitted a complete application as prescribed by the Real Estate Commission at least thirty days prior to the beginning of the continuing education activity; and 003.01D All instructors have met the qualification standards as established by the Real Estate Commission; and 003.01E The provider has met the provisions of all other applicable state laws.003.02 Continuing education activities offered in a distance education format must be certified by the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials, with the exception that such certification will not be required of courses in a correspondence study format that held the certification by the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials and were in good standing as of January 1, 2012, and such courses shall remain exempt from Association of License Law Officials certification through January 1, 2017. A student must complete the distance education activity within one year of the date of enrollment. Distance education as it is used in this chapter shall mean courses in which instruction does not take place in a traditional classroom setting but rather through other media where instructor and student are separated by distance and sometimes by time.003.03 Courses taken by salesperson licensees toward meeting the broker pre-license requirements, with the exception of Real Estate Principles and Practices or its equivalent courses, may be used toward meeting the continuing education requirement and also as meeting the pre-license broker requirement. 003.04 In addition to continuing education activities directly approved by the Real Estate Commission, the Commission shall accept: 003.04A Continuing education activities approved to meet the continuing education requirements for renewal of a salesperson or broker license in another real estate jurisdiction and taken outside the State of Nebraska.003.04B Instruction by instructors of approved continuing education activities toward meeting the continuing education requirement. The same restrictions of usage as set forth in Title 299, Chapter 7, Section 003 will apply. 003.04C Reviews of continuing education activities that are provided in a distance education format and have been submitted for approval as provided in this Chapter when the appointed reviewer, who must meet the same qualification standards established for continuing education instructors, successfully completes the activity and provides a report prescribed by the Commission. 003.04D The Commission shall have no obligation to accept a continuing education activity otherwise considered acceptable under this subsection if the activity has been identified by the Commission as unacceptable according to Nebraska continuing education criteria. 003.04E Written affirmation from non-resident licensees that they have met the current continuing education requirement in their state of residence. 003.05 Licensees may use appraisal continuing education approved by the Nebraska Real Estate Appraiser Board toward their salesperson or broker continuing education requirement, when taken during the applicable two-year period for their salesperson or broker license.299 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 7, § 003
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