Application for Accreditation

PURPOSE: This rule identifies the requirements to seek accreditation or renewal of accreditation for a school offering real estate prelicense or continuing education in Missouri. (1) Any person or entity seeking accreditation or renewal of accreditation for a school offering a real estate classroom course of study in Missouri shall submit a completed application on a form prescribed by the commission and accompanied by supporting documents specified in the application. (2) Any person or entity seeking accreditation or renewal of accreditation for a school offering any real estate course of study by distance delivery must submit the following: (A) A completed application on a form prescribed by the commission and accompanied by supporting documents specified in the application; and (B) An acknowledgement that the school has the means to reasonably capture the average time each student took to complete each distance delivered course. (3) The commission reserves the right, at its discretion, to hold any application for a reasonable length of time for investigation and review. AUTHORITY: sections 339.045, RSMo 2000 and 339.090 and 339.120, RSMo Supp. 2005.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 250-7.020. Original rule filed Nov. 14, 1978, effective March 11, 1979. Amended: Filed Oct. 2, 1985, effective Dec. 26, 1985. Amended: Filed Oct. 26, 1987, effective July 1, 1988. Amended: Filed June 16, 1989, effective Sept. 28, 1989. Amended: Filed Feb. 2, 1994, effective Aug. 28, 1994. Amended: Filed June 28, 2002, effective Dec. 30, 2002. Rescinded and readopted: Filed April 6, 2006, effective Sept. 30, 2006. Moved to 20 CSR 2250-7.020, effective Aug. 28, 2006. ** *Original authority: 339.045, RSMo 1978, amended 1981, 1983; 339.090, RSMo 1941, amended 1978, 2001; and 339.120, RSMo 1941, amended 1963, 1967, 1981, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2004. **Pursuant to Executive Order 21-07, 20 CSR 2250-7.020, subsection (2)(B) was suspended from April 17, 2020 through April 12, 2021.