La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXVII-5333

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024

Section LXVII-5333 - Methods of Instruction; Classroom Training, Distance Education

A. Classroom training that is led by an instructor and held in a physical location, or delivered via a network, may be used to present pre-license courses and shall be in such format and detail as prescribed by the commission.

B. Distance education, for the purpose of this Chapter, shall mean any of the following methods of instruction:

1. interactive Internet-based instruction;

2. combination courses.

C. Combination courses, for the purpose of this Chapter, shall mean any distance education course that includes supplemental classroom instruction or assistance. Combination courses shall be registered with the commission as distance education and shall follow all guidelines established in this Chapter for the approval of distance education. Combination courses shall be clearly advertised as distance education. Classroom time for all instruction or assistance portions of a combination course shall be reported to the commission in accordance with §5337 of this Chapter.

D. Real estate schools that offer distance education courses shall apply for course approval as follows.

1. Distance education courses shall be submitted to the commission for content approval prior to any course offering.

2. Distance education courses that have been approved by the commission for course content shall be submitted to the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO) for certification of the delivery method prior to any course offering. Loss of ARELLO certification for courses approved under this Section shall automatically suspend commission approval of the course content.

3. Colleges and university academic credit courses for distance learning shall not be required to be Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO) approved if part of a college or university curriculum. Any other distance learning courses offered to the general public outside of a curriculum program shall be ARELLO approved.

E. Final examinations for distance education courses shall consist of multiple choice questions with four possible answers (a, b, c and d) as follows:

1. a minimum of 20 questions for each two hours of continuing education credit; or

2. a minimum of 150 questions for each post licensing final exam;

3. the examination that a student submits for grading shall include a signed and dated statement that the student has personally completed the course and examination.

F. Real estate schools shall certify students as successfully completing a course only if the student completes any written assignments and passes the required examination on course content.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXVII-5333

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Real Estate Commission, LR 37:3017 (October 2011).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1431 et seq.