REAL ESTATE COMMISSION 11:5-12.13
Subsequent to June 30, 2016, approvals shall expire on June 30, 2020 and at four-year intervals thereafter.
11:5-12.11 Continuing education courses; application process
(a) Except as set forth in (b) below, all continuing education courses shall require approval by the Commission. An applicant seeking approval of a course by the Commission shall submit a complete application on a form provided by the Commission with the required fee. An application for approval of a continuing education course shall include:
1. A non-refundable application fee of $ 200.00;
2. The name, address and telephone number of the applicant;
3. The title of the course to be offered;
4. The number of hours required to complete the course, which shall be expressed in increments of entire hours;
5. A detailed outline of the subject matter of the course;
6. A description of the materials to be distributed to the participants; and
7. With respect to distance learning courses, such other information as is referenced in N.J.A.C. 11:5-12.14.
(b) All distance learning courses certified by the ARELLO that are of a duration of at least one hour and that provide instruction on one of the elective topic areas listed in N.J.A.C. 11:5-12.13 shall, upon payment of the required fee, submission of an application as set forth in (a) above, and approval of their content by the Voluntary Advisory Committee, be approved by the Commission. All distance learning courses certified by the ARELLO shall be deemed to have fulfilled the criteria applicable to such courses set forth in N.J.A.C. 11:5-12.14(b)1, 3, 4 and 7.
(c) If an application for course approval is denied, written notice of such a denial shall be provided to the applicant, which notice shall include a statement of reasons for the denial in accordance with N.J.A.C. 11:5-12.15.
(d) All approvals of continuing education courses shall expire on December 31 of the fifth year following the year in which the course was approved by the Commission. Applications for re- approval of a course shall comply with all requirements set forth in (a) above.
11:5-12.12 Continuing education courses; standards and requirements
(a) All courses shall be instructional and contribute to the professional competence of individuals engaged in the practice of real estate brokerage.
(b) In order to qualify for approval, courses may but are not required to compel a licensee to pass a comprehensive
examination testing the licensee’s knowledge of the entire course content as a condition of the receipt of credit for the completion of the continuing education course.
(c) Approved continuing education courses may be offered in a traditional classroom setting or as distance learning courses.
(d) The following shall not qualify for approval as a continuing education course:
1. Real estate salesperson prelicensure courses offered pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:15-10.1 and N.J.A.C. 11:5-2.1;
2. General education or review courses offered to prepare a student to take a real estate broker’s or salesperson’s examination;
3. Sales meetings;
4. Motivational classes or seminars; and
5. Offerings in mechanical office and business skills, such as typing, computer training, instructional navigation of the world wide web and internet, instructional use of generic computer software, speed reading, memory improvement, report writing, salesmanship and sales psychology.
(e) To qualify for approval, a continuing education course shall have a duration of at least one hour and be designed to confer credits in whole credit increments. All courses shall consist of no less than 50 minutes of actual instruction for each hour of the course’s duration, with no more than 10 minutes of each hour utilized for attendance, the completion of or an explanation of the anonymous evaluations required pursuant to N.J.A.C. 11:5-12.8(h) and (i), and other administrative work.
(f) Material revisions in course content cannot be made without prior approval by the Commission, except that changes in course content made solely for the purpose of updating a course to reflect recent developments such as the enactment of new or amended laws or rules do not require prior approval. Any such non-approved changes shall be disclosed in any application for re-approval of the course submitted immediately subsequent to the making of such changes.
11:5-12.13 Continuing education courses; elective courses
(a) The following are approved topic areas for elective continuing education courses:
1. Commercial real estate;
2. Property management;
3. Seasonal rentals;
4. Requirements of and transactions subject to the Real Estate Sales Full Disclosure Act and the New Jersey Real Estate Timeshare Act;