(a) Except as
provided in subsection (b), a licensee shall complete 14 hours of continuing
education in acceptable courses in a minimum of 2-hour increments.
(b) The Commission may, for a given biennial
license period and with adequate notice to standard license holders, require
that all or part of the 14 hours be completed in required topics. In addition,
during the first biennial period that continuing education is required, a new
licensee shall complete the Commission-developed 14-hour required course for
new licensees in satisfaction of the continuing education
requirement.
(c) Acceptable courses
include the following:
(1) Real estate
ethics.
(2) Laws affecting real
estate.
(3) Real estate financing
and mathematics.
(4) Real estate
valuation and evaluation.
(5)
Property management.
(6) Land use
and zoning.
(7) Income taxation as
applied to real property.
(8) Ad
valorem tax assessment and special assessments.
(9) Consumer protection and
disclosures.
(10) Agency
relationships.
(11) Landlord-tenant
laws.
(12) Environmental issues in
real estate.
(13) Antitrust issues
in real estate.
(14) Current
litigation related to real estate.
(15) Legal instruments related to real estate
transactions.
(16) Legalities of
real estate advertising.
(17)
Developments in building construction techniques, materials and mechanical
systems.
(18) Real estate
investment analysis.
(19)
Management of real estate brokerage operations.
(20) Property development.
(21) Real estate securities and
syndication.
(22) Real property
exchange.
(23) Broker courses
encompassing supervisory duties and standards of conduct and practice contained
in Subchapter E (relating to standards of conduct and practice).
(24) Marketing promotion and advertising of
real estate inventory.
(25) Use of
technology in delivering real estate services.
(d) Unacceptable courses include: mechanical
office and business skills; for example, typing, speed writing, preparation of
advertising copy, development of sales promotional devices, word processing,
calculator and computer operation and office management and related internal
operations procedures that do not have a bearing on the public
interest.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 35.384 adopted July 31, 1992, effective
8/1/1992, 22 Pa.B. 3980; amended
December 10, 2004, effective 12/11/2004, 34 Pa.B. 6530; amended August 19,
2005, effective 8/20/2005, 35
Pa.B. 4711; amended December 21, 2012, effective
12/22/2012, 42 Pa.B.
7647.
The provisions of this § 35.384 issued under
sections 402, 404, 404.1 and 513 of the Real Estate Licensing and Registration
Act (63 P. S. §§
455.402,
455.404,
455.404a and
455.513); amended under
sections 201, 404.1, 501, 601, 602 and 604 of the Real Estate Licensing and
Registration Act (63 P. S. §§
455.201,
455.404a,
455.501,
455.601,
455.602 and
455.604).
