LAC 46:LXVII.5529. Continuing Education Courses

A. Real estate education vendors may offer continuing education course topics that include, but are not limited to, appraisal, finance, taxes, zoning, Louisiana Real Estate License Law/commission rules and regulations, environmental quality, property management, and federal laws affecting real estate such as HUD and fair housing regulations. B. Continuing education courses offered by real estate education vendors shall be a minimum of two hours. A classroom hour is defined as sixty minutes, of which fifty minutes are instruction. The prescribed number of classroom hours may include time devoted to examinations if a required part of the course. Time devoted to breakfasts, luncheons, dinners, or other refreshments shall not be counted as instruction time. C. Licensees shall not receive duplicate credit for attending the same continuing education course from the same vendor in the same year. It shall be the responsibility of the real estate education vendor to advise licensees that credit shall not be awarded for completing duplicate courses within the same license period. D. Course work completed by licensees through non-approved providers will be considered for credit by the commission on an individual basis. Licensees seeking approval for course work obtained through non-approved providers shall apply for such approval by submitting documentation of attendance, hours completed, date of attendance, and detailed course content information. E. Continuing education courses shall be open to all licensees regardless of broker affiliation.