(a) For purposes of this chapter, "qualifying real estate courses" include:
- (1) agency law;
- (2) contract law;
- (3) principles of real estate;
- (4) property management;
- (5) real estate appraisal;
- (6) real estate brokerage;
- (7) real estate finance;
- (8) real estate investment;
- (9) real estate law;
- (10) real estate marketing; and
- (11) real estate mathematics.
- (b) The commission may designate a course as an equivalent of a course listed in Subsection (a).
(c) The commission by rule may prescribe:
- (1) the content of the qualifying real estate courses listed in Subsection (a); and
- (2) the title and content of additional qualifying real estate courses.
- (d) A daily course segment for a qualifying course may not exceed 12 hours.
- (e) An applicant, license holder, or education provider may not report to the commission the completion of an alternative delivery or correspondence course offered as a qualifying course until the elapsed time between the time the applicant or license holder registers for the course and the time the completion of the course is reported exceeds twice the number of hours for which credit is claimed.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.152(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1158 (S.B. 699), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2016.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1158 (S.B. 699), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2016.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1172 (S.B. 1968), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2026.