Ohio Admin. Code 1301:5-7-03 - Criteria for course approvals
(A) Continuing education courses shall be
completed in seminars, schools, and educational institutions which are not
limited to institutions providing two-year or four-year degrees but may include
qualifying public or private schools, firms, associations, organizations,
individuals, corporations, or similar arrangements and must be successfully
completed after the effective date of this rule.
(B) An applicant for initial course approval,
additional course offerings of an approved course, or renewal of a course
approval shall apply to the division for approval on the appropriate form
prescribed by the division along with the nonrefundable fee in accordance with
rule 1301:5-7-06 of the
Administrative Code. The initial application form and fee must be submitted to
the division at least forty-five days prior to the proposed initial date of the
offering.
(C) An initial course
approval shall be valid for the calendar year in which the course was approved.
Re-certification of a course approval shall be filed with the division no later
than December thirty-first of the calendar year of initial approval and every
year thereafter on forms prescribed by the division along with the
nonrefundable fee in accordance with rule
1301:5-7-06 of the
Administrative Code. Any re-certification for a course approval filed after
January thirty-first shall be considered an initial application course and
require approval through the submission of a course application along with the
nonrefundable fee in accordance with rule
1301:5-7-06 of the
Administrative Code. A new application for an approved course shall be
submitted every three years.
(D)
Upon notice from the division that an application for initial course approval
or additional course offering is incomplete or incorrect as filed, the
applicant shall within thirty days of the date of the division's notice of
deficiency, submit to the division a corrected application or the additional
information requested. Failure to timely submit such corrected application or
additional information shall constitute just cause for the application to be
withdrawn and the superintendent to impose a forfeiture of the application
fee.
(E) The division, when acting
on an application for approval of an offering, will consider, but not be
limited to, the following criteria:
(1)
Information included on the application form:
(a) Name, address, telephone number,
electronic mail address and, if applicable, website address of
entity;
(b) Policy regarding
attendance and procedure for recordkeeping of attendance;
(c) Summary of offering, including, but not
limited to:
(i) Title of offering;
(ii) Maximum number of
participants;
(iii) Type of
training: seminar, conference, course, other;
(iv) Proposed initial date of
offering;
(v) Prerequisite for
admission and/or participation, if any;
(vi) Duration in time of offering;
(vii) Form of attendance
certificate;
(viii) Method of
record maintenance;
(ix) Textbooks
and student materials prescribed;
(x) Sample of proposed advertising, if
any;
(xi) Outline or
syllabus;
(xii) Attendance or
participation fees;
(xiii) Location
of offering;
(d) Personal
data indicating names and qualification of teachers and instructors as required
by rule
1301:5-7-04 of the
Administrative Code;
(e) Such other
information as the Ohio real estate commission or superintendent may
request.
(F) No
offering will be approved in which instruction is less than one classroom hour
or exceeds more than eight classroom hours in any one day.
(G) Each provider shall notify the division
on the appropriate form proscribed by the division at least fifteen days in
advance of the addition of an offering date for an approved course or change in
an offering date for an approved course. Each provider shall notify the
division in writing at least three days in advance of all course content
changes, all changes of location(s), time(s) or instructor(s). A fee in
accordance with rule
1301:5-7-06 of the
Administrative Code shall also be submitted. The superintendent shall have the
discretion to waive the advance notification requirements upon good cause
shown.
Changes to an already approved course making up more than one-third of the course hours shall be considered a new course and the provider shall be required to file for an initial course approval along with the appropriate application form and the fee in accordance with rule 1301:5-7-06 of the Administrative Code.
(H) The
division may approve course offerings for continuing education in only the
following areas:
(1) Real estate
ethics;
(2) Legislative issues that
influence real estate practice;
(3)
Real estate laws and regulations, including licensing provisions, regulatory
practices, and attendance at a full monthly meeting of the Ohio real estate
commission;
(4) Advanced real
estate financing, including mortgages and other financing techniques;
(5) Real estate market measurement and
evaluation, including site evaluations, market data, and feasibility
studies;
(6) Real property
management, including leasing agreements, accounting procedures, and management
contracts;
(7) Land use planning
and zoning;
(8) Real estate
securities and syndication;
(9)
Accounting and taxation as applied to real property;
(10) Land and community development and
revitalization;
(11) Advanced real
estate appraising;
(12) Real estate
marketing procedures related specifically to actual real estate
knowledge;
(13) Timeshares,
condominiums and cooperatives;
(14)
Brokerage office management;
(15)
Use of technology and/or internet marketing as applied to the practice of real
estate;
(16) Business
administration, including but not limited to, business operations management,
human resources management and business taxation;
(17) Personal safety issues for the real
estate agent and consumer;
(18)
Real estate negotiation, general negotiation and real estate business and
marketing communication; and
(19)
Cultural diversity as applied to the practice of real estate.
(I)
A
salesperson or broker may receive up to three hours of Core Law credit, per
continuing education cycle, for working for a county board of elections as a
precinct election official on election day. The continuing education credit is
subject to the following requirements:
(1)
Download of the
precint election official (PEO) form. Such form as prescribed by the division
and found on the division's website;
(2)
Completion of the
PEO form and certification on election day by the presiding judge;
and
(3)
Submission of the completed PEO form to the division of
real estate via email to webreal@com.ohio.gov.
(J)
A salesperson or
broker may receive up to three hours of Core Law credit,per continuing
education cycle, for attending a monthly Ohio real estate commission meeting.
The continuing educaiton credit is subject to the following requirements:
(1)
The licensee
signs in and out of the meeting on the prescibed attendance sheet;
and
(2)
The licensee attends for the duration of the meeting or
for three hours of the meeting.
(1) Examination preparation
courses;
(2) Offerings in
mechanical office and business skills including, but not limited to, typing,
speed reading, memory improvement, language, and report writing;
(3) Sales promotion or other meetings held in
conjunction with the general business of the attendee or the attendee's
business associates;
(4) Meetings
which are a normal part of in-house staff training;
(5) The portion of any offering devoted
entirely to meals or other refreshment or during which the course instruction
is recessed or suspended; and
(6)
Correspondence courses or distance education not in compliance with rule
1301:5-7-04 of the
Administrative Code.
(1) For a course costing non-members twenty
dollars or less, a reduction of up to one hundred per cent; and
(2) For a course costing non-members over
twenty dollars, a reduction of not more than fifty per cent.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4735.10, 4735.15
Rule Amplifies: 4735.14, 4735.141
Prior Effective Dates: 03/09/1980, 12/04/1981, 06/10/1985, 08/03/1987, 06/01/1989, 11/01/1996, 01/01/1997, 06/24/2004, 01/01/2008, 01/01/2013, 02/10/2019, 02/13/2022
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