Short Title: Attendance Requirements for Credit & Enforcement
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Description of Practice/Procedure: A.R.S. § 32-2124(B) and (C) and § 32-2130(A) require licensees to attend a prescribed amount of time in pre-licensure and continuing education classes. Tardiness may preclude a student from receiving credit for the course. Commissioner's Rule R4-28-101(3) defines 'credit hour' as a fifty minute period of instruction, which allows students a 10-minute break for each sixty minutes and still receive an 'hour' of credit for each 50 minutes spent under instruction.
When a course sponsor schedules a class, the customary practice is to schedule just enough time to cover breaks and meet the 'fifty-minutes-of-instruction" definition (standard) to award each approved credit hour. The course instructor and the real estate school providing the course are responsible for enforcing the above standard.
Authority: The authority to approve or disapprove courses and course sponsors exists in A.R.S. § 32-2135 and Title 4, Chapter 28, Article 4 of the Arizona Administrative Code. Attendance is required in order for Department-approved credit is issued pursuant to A.R.S. §§ 32-2124 (B) and (C), 32-2130 and A.A.C. R4-28-101.
Policy Program: Education
Effective Date: June 18, 1999; Revised & Renumbered 5/28/04; Renumbered 4/01/05.