Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1)
Private career schools that wish to provide the real estate broker license
applicant or property manager license applicant courses under OAR 863-022-0010 and 863-022-0015 must apply to the Agency for approval of these courses. No
application fees are required.
(2)
All license applicant courses under OAR 863-022-0010 and 863-022-0015 submitted
by private career schools and approved by the Agency before August 15, 2012 are
approved by this rule; however, the course approval expires December 31,
2012.
(3) A private career school
applying for Agency approval of a 150-hour course of study for real estate
broker license applicants or a 60-hour course for property manager license
applicants must submit an online application and the following documents:
(a) Proof of current licensing as a private
career school with the Higher Education Coordinating Commission and an
expiration date.
(b) If the private
career school wishes to provide a course through distance education,
documentation that the course has been certified by the Association of Real
Estate License Law Officials.
(c)
If the private career school is applying for approval to use course materials
owned and developed by a third-party vendor, written authorization from the
vendor, on an Agency-approved form, that the course provider is authorized to
use the course materials and the dates the provider is authorized to use the
course.
(d) Course materials,
including:
(A) Course curriculum or syllabus
for the course of study.
(B)
Student materials, including all course materials, textbooks and
handouts.
(C) A completed
Agency-approved topic checklist that lists the detailed course topics and
indicates the location of the topic in the course materials. This requirement
applies to all course materials, including materials developed by the course
provider or materials developed by a third-party vendor.
(D) Instructor materials, if any.
(E) Final examinations.
(F) Examination answer keys, as a document
that is separate from the examination.
(G) Agency-approved instructor forms for each
instructor who will teach the course.
(e) Proof of current business registration
with the Oregon Secretary of State. The applicant's name that is licensed with
the Higher Education Coordinating Commission must be the exact name that is
registered with the Secretary of State.
(4) After review, the Agency will approve or
deny the completed application and notify the applicant. If the Agency denies
the application, the applicant may seek a contested case hearing pursuant to
ORS Chapter 183.
(5) All course
approvals expire on June 30 each year.
(6) Approved course providers must comply
with the provisions of OAR 863-022-0052 for submitting all changes to
application information, changes to course materials, and changes to
instructors. Within 10 days of license renewal by the Higher Education
Coordinating Commission, a private career school must submit documentation to
the Agency that the school's license has been renewed.
(7) If a private career school wants to
provide courses other than the real estate broker or property manager license
applicant courses, the school must comply with the following:
(a) To provide the broker advanced practices
course, the principal broker advanced practices course, or the property manager
advanced practices course, the school must be a certified continuing education
provider and apply for course approval under OAR 863-022-0045.
(b) To provide the brokerage administration
and sales supervision course, the school must be a certified continuing
education provider and apply for course approval under 863-022-0050.
(c) To provide the Law and Rule Required
Course under OAR 863-022-0055 required for licensee renewals, the school must
be a certified continuing education provider.
(d) To provide any other continuing education
course under OAR 863-020-0035 or 863-020-0040, the school must be a certified
continuing education provider and comply with the requirements of OAR 863,
division 20.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
696.385
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
696.174,
ORS
696.182 & ORS
696.184
