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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 17. BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, AND PROFESSIONALS |
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Chapter 17-26. REAL ESTATE LICENSES |
Section 17-2605. CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR REAL ESTATE BROKERS, PROPERTY MANAGERS, AND SALESPERSONS
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2605.1This section shall apply to all applicants for the renewal or reinstatement of a real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or property manager license, except those applicants seeking first renewal of a license granted by examination.
2605.2A continuing education credit shall be valid only if it is part of a program or activity approved by the Commission in accordance with § 2607 of this chapter. Licensees are responsible for ensuring that continuing education courses taken to satisfy the Commission’s renewal or reinstatement requirements are Commission certified or approved.
2605.3The continuing education renewal requirements of a real estate broker’s, real estate salesperson’s, or property manager’s license shall be as follows:
(a)An applicant for renewal of a real estate broker’s license, a real estate salesperson’s license, or a property manager’s license shall submit proof pursuant to § 2605.6 of this section that the applicant has completed no fewer than fifteen (15) hours of acceptable continuing education credit during the two- (2-) year period preceding the date the license expires.
(b)Of the fifteen (15) hours noted in Subsection (a), nine (9) hours shall consist of mandated courses with curriculums administratively established and approved by the Commission and six (6) hours will be general elective courses as approved by the Commission.
2605.4A licensee applying to renew a property manager’s license who also possesses an active real estate broker’s or real estate salesperson’s license shall be considered to have satisfied the continuing education requirements for renewal of the property manager license if the licensee has satisfied the renewal requirements for the real estate broker’s or real estate salesperson’s license.
2605.5Licensees who also hold equivalent licenses in another jurisdiction may, at the Commission’s discretion, substitute continuing education credit completed in the other jurisdiction for the general elective continuing education requirements under this section if the licensee earned the continuing education credit during the two- (2-) year period preceding the date that the licensee’s District license expires.
2605.6An applicant shall prove completion of required continuing education credits by submitting with the application a certification of completion that includes the following:
(a)The name and address of the sponsor of the program;
(b)The name of the program, its location, a description of the subject matter covered, and the names of the instructors;
(c)The dates on which the applicant attended the program;
(d)The hours of credit claimed; and
(e)A verification of completion with the signature or stamp of the sponsor.
2605.7An applicant for renewal of an inactive license or reinstatement of an expired, suspended or revoked real estate broker’s, real estate salesperson’s, or property manager’s license shall submit proof pursuant to § 2605.6 of this section of having completed the following continuing education credits:
(a)Nine (9) hours of mandated courses with curriculums administratively established and approved by the Commission; and
(b)Six (6) hours of general elective courses, as approved by the Commission, per licensing cycle that the applicant’s license was inactive, expired, revoked or suspended.
2605.8An applicant for the renewal of a license who fails to submit proof of having completed the continuing education requirements by or before the expiration date may renew the license within sixty (60) days after expiration by submitting proof pursuant to § 2605.6 of this section and by paying the required late fee. Upon renewal, the Commission will deem the applicant to have possessed a valid license during the period between the expiration of the license and its renewal.
2605.9If an applicant for the renewal of a license fails to submit proof of having completed required continuing education prior to the expiration date of the license within sixty (60) days after the expiration of the applicant’s license, the license shall be deemed to have lapsed on the date of expiration, and the applicant shall be required to apply for reinstatement of the expired license pursuant to § 2622 of this chapter.
2605.10The Commission may grant an extension of the sixty (60) day period to renew after expiration if the applicant’s failure to submit proof of completion was for good cause. For purposes of this subsection, “good cause” includes proof of the following:
(a)Serious and protracted illness of the applicant, who must submit a doctor’s statement verifying the illness;
(b)The death or serious and protracted illness of a member of the applicant’s immediate family, if the death or illness resulted in the applicant’s inability to complete the continuing education requirements within the specified time. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “immediate family” means the applicant’s spouse and any parent, brother, sister, or child of the applicant and the spouse of any such parent, brother, sister, or child; or
(c) Due to age (seventy (70) years of age or older), the applicant is unable to complete the requirements within the specified time.