1. (a) In order to receive credit for completing an approved continuing education course, a broker shall:

   1. (1) attend at least 90 percent of the scheduled instructional hours for the course;
   2. (2) provide the broker's legal name and license number to the education provider;
   3. (3) present the broker's pocket card or photo identification card, if necessary; and
   4. (4) personally perform all work required to complete the course.

2. (b) With the instructor or the education provider's permission, a 10 percent absence allowance may be permitted at any time during the course, except that it may not be used to skip the last 10 percent of the course unless the absence is:

   1. (1) approved by the instructor; and

   2. (2) for circumstances beyond the broker's control that could not have been reasonably foreseen by the broker, such as:

      1. (A) an illness;
      2. (B) a family emergency; or
      3. (C) acts of God.

History Note: Authority G.S. 93A-3(c); 93A-38.5;
Eff. July 1, 1994;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2017; July 1, 2010;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 1, 2018;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2023; January 1, 2020.