What are the Current Continuing Education Requirements?
All licensees must successfully complete 22.5 hours of approved continuing education. The education must include at least 2.5 hours on the subject of ethical business practices, at least 1 hour of recent legal matters, at least 3 hours of instruction pertaining to fair housing and/or discrimination in the sale or rental of real property or an interest in real property and at least 1 hour of instruction pertaining to the law of agency except in the case of the initial two-year licensing term for real estate salespersons, 2 hours of agency related instruction must be completed within the two-year period immediately preceding a renewal.
Effective September 21, 2022 the 22.5 hours of approved continuing education must also include two hours of instruction pertaining to cultural competency and two hours of instruction pertaining to implicit bias.
Any salesperson who successfully completes an approved broker qualifying course (which requires passing the final exam), within their current term, will receive continuing education credit for completion of that course.
Please note: If completing the broker course for continuing education, you must also complete 2.5 hours of ethical business practices and 1 hour of recent legal matters topics to satisfy the requirement. Effective September 21, 2022 you must also complete 2 hours of cultural competency, 2 hours of implicit bias to satisfy the requirement.
A recent legislative amendment REMOVED the 15-year real estate broker continuing education exemption and now requires all brokers who were previously exempted to complete continuing education starting July 1, 2021.
Education-related update from the Department of State (DOS)
The DOS has asked us to remind members about the proper way to answer the continuing education question on the online license renewal form. The question asks if the licensee has completed the required CE credit. If the licensee has properly completed their CE requirements, the licensee should answer “YES.” If you answer “NO” an audit can be triggered. Please be sure to complete your 22.5 hours of required continuing education, to include your required topics, before the expiration date that appears on your license and pocket card.
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