2005 Idaho Code - 54-2036 — CERTIFICATION OF COURSES AND COURSE CONTENT

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 20
                        IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW
    54-2036.  CERTIFICATION OF COURSES AND COURSE CONTENT. Every real estate
course offered for prelicense or continuing education credit for an Idaho real
estate license shall first be certified and accredited by the Idaho real
estate commission.
    (1)  An application for course certification must be submitted in the form
and manner required by the commission, with the required fees, at least two
(2) months prior to contemplated date of the first course offering.
    (2)  Minimum requirements for course certification:
    (a)  Each course must be certified individually, offered only through a
    provider certified or approved in Idaho, and taught by an instructor
    certified or approved in Idaho in accordance with this chapter.
    (b)  Each prelicense course must contain at least twenty (20) classroom
    hours, and each continuing education course must contain at least two (2)
    classroom hours.
    (c)  Exam time shall not be included as approved classroom hours of
    instruction.
    (d)  A classroom hour is defined as a period of at least fifty (50)
    minutes of actual instruction.
    (e)  Distance learning courses. The design and delivery of each distance
    learning course shall be certified by the national association of real
    estate license law officials or by another institution whose certification
    standards are deemed equivalent by the commission. The credit hours for a
    certified distance learning course shall be based upon the same number of
    hours which would be credited for an equivalent live course,  and must
    include a commission-approved final exam.
    (f)  Each prelicense course must include a commission-approved final exam
    requiring a minimum passing score of seventy percent (70%).
    (g)  Continuing education course exam.
         (i)   A licensee may receive continuing education course credit
         without having to take or pass an exam if the licensee personally
         attends the entire live presentation of an approved course.
         (ii)  The commission may substitute all or a portion of the
         continuing education coursework required when a licensee shows
         evidence of passing a commission-approved challenge exam.
    (h)  Exam retake policy. Each certified course provider may, at its
    option, allow students who complete a course and then fail the course exam
    one (1) opportunity to retake the approved course exam within the
    following time periods:
         (i)   Prelicense course exam retakes must occur within one (1) month
         of the original course exam;
         (ii)  Continuing education course exam retakes must occur within that
         course's certification period;
         (iii) If a student fails the retake exam for any prelicense or
         continuing education course, the student must repeat the entire
         course and pass the final exam to receive credit;
         (iv)  A course provider shall not permit a student who takes and
         fails a challenge exam to retake the exam. A student who fails a
         challenge exam must take the entire course and pass the final exam to
         receive credit for the course.
    (i)  Challenge exams. Except where the prelicense requirements have been
    waived or modified by the commission pursuant to section 54-2022(6), Idaho
    Code, a student shall not earn credit for any prelicense course by
    challenging and passing the course exam without otherwise completing all
    course requirements.
    (3)  Approved topics. The commission shall establish specific, approved
topics for course content for prelicense courses and continuing education
courses as it deems appropriate to current real estate practices and laws.