Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) For purposes of
this rule, "examination provider" means the vendor, under a contract with the
Agency, which provides licensing examination services and collects the fee for
such services directly from a license applicant.
(2) In addition to any other licensing
eligibility requirements:
(a) A real estate
broker license applicant must pass a real estate broker examination, consisting
of a state portion and a national portion.
(b) A principal broker license applicant must
pass a principal real estate broker examination.
(c) A principal broker license applicant who
was licensed in Oregon as a salesperson prior to July 1, 2002 is not required
to take the real estate broker examination, but must pass the principal broker
examination.
(d) A real estate
broker or principal broker who has not held an active license for two or more
consecutive years must pass a reactivation examination.
(3) To be eligible to take an examination:
(a) A license applicant must have submitted a
license application and fee to the Agency required under OAR 863-014-0010 or a
license reactivation application and fee required under OAR 863-014-0065;
(b) A real estate broker license
applicant must have successfully completed the required courses of study for a
real estate broker license under OAR 863-022-0010 from an approved school(s);
(c) A principal broker license
applicant, who has never held an Oregon real estate broker license and who has
not completed the required courses of study for a real estate broker license,
must have successfully completed the required courses of study for a real
estate broker license under OAR 863-022-0010 from an approved school(s);
(d) A principal real estate broker
license applicant must have successfully completed the brokerage administration
and sales supervision course required under OAR 863-022-0025 from an approved
school; and
(e) The school
providing the course(s) under (b), (c) or (d) of this section, must have
certified to the examination provider that the applicant completed the
course(s) as provided in OAR 863-022-0060.
(4) To be admitted to an examination site:
(a) A license applicant must be eligible to
take an examination under section (3) of this rule;
(b) The applicant must register with the
examination provider in advance of the examination and comply with the
provider's requirements and instructions; and
(c) The examination provider will collect the
examination fee under ORS
696.270 directly from the
applicant.
(5) An
applicant must pay a separate examination fee for each examination.
(6) If an applicant for a principal real
estate broker license passes an examination but is not issued a license within
one year from the date of the examination:
(a) The applicant is no longer qualified for
the license on the basis of the examination; and
(b) The applicant must retake and pass the
examination as required by this rule.
(7) If an applicant for a real estate broker
license passes both the national and the state portions of an examination but
is not issued a license within one year from the date of the examination:
(a) The applicant is no longer qualified for
the license on the basis of the examination; and
(b) The applicant must retake and pass the
examination as required by this rule.
(8) A real estate broker license applicant
who passes only one portion of a license examination (state or national
portion) must pass the remaining portion within one year from the examination
date of the passed portion in order to qualify for a license on the basis of
the examination.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
696.385 &
696.425
Stats. Implemented: ORS
696.020,
696.022 &
696.425
