(a) Required continuing education. 15 hours of continuing
education are required for each renewal of a real estate salesperson
or broker license and must include:
  (1) a three hour legal update course;
  (2) a three hour ethics course; and
  (3) a six hour broker responsibility course, if the
license holder:
    (A) sponsors one or more salespersons; or
    (B) is a designated broker of a business entity or
a delegated supervisor of one or more license holders for a period
of six months or more during the supervisors current license period.
(b) Legislator waiver. A license holder who is a current
member of the Texas Legislature is not required to take the three
hour ethics course required under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Awarding continuing education credit. The Commission
will award credit to a license holder for an approved continuing education
course upon receipt of a course completion roster from a CE provider
as required under §535.75 of this title.
(d) Continuing education credit for qualifying courses.
Real estate license holders may receive continuing education elective
credit for qualifying real estate courses or qualifying real estate
inspection courses that have been approved by the Commission or that
are accepted by the Commission for satisfying educational requirements
for obtaining or renewing a license. Qualifying real estate courses
must be at least 30 classroom hours in length to be accepted for continuing
education elective credit.
(e) Continuing education credit for course taken outside
of Texas. A course taken by a Texas license holder to satisfy continuing
education requirements of a country, territory, or state other than
Texas may be approved on an individual basis for continuing education
elective credit in Texas upon the Commission's determination that:
  (1) the Texas license holder held an active real estate
license in the a country, territory, or state other than Texas at
the time the course was taken;
  (2) the course was approved for continuing education
credit for a real estate license by the a country, territory, or state
other than Texas and, if a correspondence course, was offered by an
accredited college or university;
  (3) the Texas license holder's successful completion
of the course has been evidenced by a course completion certificate,
a letter from the provider or such other proof as is satisfactory
to the commission;
  (4) the subject matter of the course was predominately
devoted to a subject acceptable for continuing education credit in
Texas; and
  (5) the Texas license holder has filed a Credit Request
for an Out of State Course Credit Request, with the Commission.
(f) Continuing education credit for courses offered
by the State Bar. To request continuing education elective credit
for real estate related courses approved by the State Bar of Texas
for minimum continuing legal education participatory credit, a license
holder is required to file an Individual Credit Request for State
Bar Course.
(g) Continuing education credit for courses required
for a professional designation. A course taken by a license holder
to obtain any of the following professional designations, or any other
real estate related professional designation course deemed worthy
by the Commission, may be approved on an individual basis for continuing
education elective credit if the license holder files for credit for
the course using Individual Elective Credit Request for Professional
Designation Course and provides the Commission with a copy of the
course completion certificate.
  (1) ABR--Accredited Buyer Representative
  (2) CRE--Counselor in Real Estate
  (3) CPM--Certified Property Manager
  (4) CCIM--Certified Commercial-Investment Member
  (5) CRB--Certified Residential Broker
  (6) CRS--Certified Residential Specialist
  (7) GRI--Graduate, Realtor Institute
  (8) IREM--Institute of Real Estate Management
  (9) SIOR--Society of Industrial and Office Realtors
(h) Limitations. The Commission will not award credit
to a license holder who attends the same course more than once during:
  (1) the term of the current license period; or
  (2) the two-year period preceding the filing of an
renewal application for a license after the license expiration date
as provided for under §535.93 of this section or return to active
status as provided for under Subchapter L of this Chapter.


Source Note: The provisions of this §535.92 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective November 14, 1979, 4 TexReg 4001; amended to be effective July 20, 1981, 6 TexReg 2291; amended to be effective October 13, 1982, 7 TexReg 3633; amended to be effective April 7, 1983, 8 TexReg 999; amended to be effective March 17, 1989, 14 TexReg 1080; amended to be effective June 1, 1990, 15 TexReg 876; amended to be effective November 9, 1990, 15 TexReg 6189; amended to be effective June 18, 1991, 16 TexReg 3080; amended to be effective January 1, 1992, 16 TexReg 7489; amended to be effective April 8, 1993, 18TexReg 1940; amended to be effective November 23,1993, 18 TexReg 8198; amended to be effective May 27, 1998, 23 TexReg 5435; amended to be effective October 5, 1998, 23 TexReg 9981; amended to be effective March 1, 1999, 24 TexReg 558; amended to be effective September 1, 2000, 25 TexReg 6507; amended to be effective October 4, 2001, 26 TexReg 7541; amended to be effective September 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 8293; amended to be effective July 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 4197; amended to be effective December 30, 2007, 32 TexReg 9994; amended to be effective June 1, 2008, 33 TexReg 4152; amended to be effective January 1, 2011, 35 TexReg 11689; amended to be effective January 1, 2013, 37 TexReg 7176; amended to be effective January 1, 2015, 39 TexReg 9669