1. (a) Pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 115.10(e), a person registered with the Department pursuant to that section is deemed to be a licensee of the Department for purposes of the laws administered by the Department. This provision includes California's four year term of licensure and continuing education standards for real estate licensees. For the purposes of those laws, a registrant's registration date will commence the four-year period of registration and timeframe to complete continuing education. A registrant may renew their registration for subsequent four-year terms upon notification to the Department that they retain good standing for registration, and have completed the required continuing education.

2. (b) Pursuant to Section 115.10, a registrant must maintain their out-of-state license in good standing throughout the four-year period described in subdivision (a) except in the following circumstances:

   1. (1) The registrant chooses to end their California registration early.
   2. (2) The registration expires as set forth in Section 115.10.
   3. (3) The registration is terminated via an out-of-state disciplinary action that adversely impacts the good standing of the registrant's out-of-state license, or the Department revokes the registration via disciplinary action.
3. (c) Where a registrant's maintenance of an out-of-state license involves continuing education requirements, registrants may petition the Department for consideration of continuing education credit equivalency for course instruction pursuant to Section 3011.1 of these regulations. Where a registrant completes educational courses in preparation for applying for a California real estate license, but has not yet been issued that California license, the registrant may also petition the Department for consideration of continuing education credit equivalency for course instruction pursuant to Section 3011.1 of these regulations.
4. (d) Prior to the end of each four-year period of registration, the registrant must submit to the Department electronically through the Department's internet website a written list of completed, approved educational courses, identifying each course name, course certificate number as issued by the Department, the date of the registrant's enrollment in the course, the date the registrant completed the course, and the number of course hours. The registrant must sign this list.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 115.10(h) and 10080, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 115.10 and 10170.5, Business and Professions Code.

History

1. New section filed 12-30-2024; operative 12-30-2024 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2025, No. 1).