(1) Each licensee applying to renew an Idaho broker or salesperson license on active status, and each Idaho broker or salesperson applying to change from inactive to active license status after having renewed the license on inactive status, shall successfully complete two (2) commission core courses, plus twelve (12) classroom hours of continuing education credit. If the inactive licensee is within the initial licensing period, no continuing education is required to change to active license status. Provided that:
(a)   Salesperson — First active renewal or activation. To renew an Idaho salesperson license on active status for the first time, or to change from inactive to active status for the first time after the expiration of the initial license period, a salesperson shall complete two (2) commission core courses, plus the post license course.
(b)   Inactive broker activating as a designated broker or branch manager. To activate as a designated broker or branch manager, a broker on inactive status shall, in addition to meeting the continuing education requirements of this subsection, have completed a commission-approved business conduct and office operations course within three (3) years immediately prior to the license activation.
(2)  Credits used to reactivate license. Continuing education credit hours applied to activate an inactive license are considered "spent" and may not thereafter be applied toward the continuing education requirements for subsequent license renewal.
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 54-2023

  • Accredited college or university: means an institution accredited by the regional accrediting associations, as reported in the most current publication of the accredited institutions of postsecondary education. See Idaho Code 54-2004
  • Active license: means the status of a real estate license that has not been inactivated, expired, terminated, suspended or revoked. See Idaho Code 54-2004
  • Business conduct and office operations course: means the component of the advanced real estate course that is required in order to obtain a broker license and that teaches business practices and office operations of the brokerage, including recordkeeping, trust account procedures and the laws governing those practices. See Idaho Code 54-2004
  • Commission: means the Idaho real estate commission, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning. See Idaho Code 54-2004
  • Designated broker: means an individual who is licensed as a real estate broker in Idaho and who is designated by the brokerage company to be responsible for the supervision of the brokerage company and the activities of any associated licensees in accordance with this chapter. See Idaho Code 54-2004
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Inactive license: means the status of a license that is not expired, terminated, suspended or revoked, and during which inactive period the license holder is not authorized to act as or associate with a designated broker. See Idaho Code 54-2004
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Licensee: means any person who is licensed in accordance with this chapter to engage in the business or act in the capacity of real estate broker, associate broker or real estate salesperson. See Idaho Code 54-2004
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Post license course: means a commission-approved or certified elective course that is specifically oriented toward salespersons in their first two (2) years of Idaho practice. See Idaho Code 54-2004
  • Provisional license: means an extension of the period of active licensure, beyond the licensee’s expiration date, granted by the commission for the purpose of allowing the licensee to complete the continuing education requirements set forth in section 54-2023, Idaho Code, or for any other purpose allowed by this chapter. See Idaho Code 54-2004
  • salesperson: means any person who has qualified and is licensed as a real estate salesperson in Idaho under this chapter and is licensed under, associated with, and represents a designated broker in the performance of any act described in subsection (39) of this section. See Idaho Code 54-2004
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
(3)  No duplicate credit. No licensee may obtain continuing education credit for completing:
(a)  Any core course curriculum for which the licensee has previously received continuing education credit; or
(b)  Any course curriculum for which the licensee has received continuing education credit in the same license period.
(4)  Excess credits. The classroom hours shall apply to the license period in which such course is completed; hours completed in excess of those required for the license period shall not accumulate or be credited for the purposes of subsequent license renewal periods.
(5)  Commission-ordered education. No licensee shall obtain continuing education credit for education ordered by the commission as part of a disciplinary action.
(6)  Obtaining continuing education classroom hours. In order to obtain continuing education classroom hours, a licensee must:
(a)  Successfully complete a commission-approved continuing education or post license course;
(b)  Attend a regularly scheduled meeting of the commission from the time the meeting is called to order until the meeting is adjourned or until the licensee is excused by the commission chairperson. A maximum of four (4) hours for this activity shall be credited for any one (1) meeting in any one (1) license period;
(c)  Successfully complete a commission-approved broker prelicense course. Continuing education credit may be obtained for retaking the same broker prelicense course only if completed after three (3) years of completing the previous course; or
(d)  Provide to the commission a transcript or course completion certificate of successful completion of any of the following courses without commission preapproval of the curriculum, instructors or providers:
(i)   Professional designation courses. Any course developed by national professional organizations that is required in order to earn professional designations from a national organization in specialized areas of licensed real estate practice;
(ii)  Courses accredited by another profession or jurisdiction. Any course approved by and offered in satisfaction of another professional or occupational licensing authority’s education requirements, if the commission determines that the course is within the approved topic areas established by the commission and if the course otherwise meets commission standards for course certification including distance learning and minimum classroom hour requirements; or
(iii) Courses offered by an accredited college or university. Any course offered in satisfaction of a degree requirement by an accredited college or university if the commission determines that the course is within the approved topic areas established by the commission.
(e)  If a certified course instructor, teach a live course for which continuing education credit may be obtained. Credits shall be granted for the number of classroom hours taught.
(7)  Licensee duty to keep satisfactory proof. The licensee shall keep satisfactory proof of having completed the continuing education requirement and shall submit such proof at the request of the commission as provided in section 54-2018, Idaho Code.
(8)  Provisional license — Extension of time. A three (3) month extension of time for completing the education requirements may be obtained by submitting with the renewal application, or application to activate, satisfactory evidence showing that the applicant was unable to comply with such education requirements. Such evidence shall be:
(a)  Bona fide hardship preventing completion of the reinstatement requirements of an inactive license;
(b)  Health reasons preventing attendance or completion; or
(c)  Other compelling cause beyond the control of the applicant while engaged in the real estate business.
If such an extension is granted, the licensee shall receive a provisional license for a period of time not to exceed three (3) months. No further extension of time may be granted. A license issued or renewed after an extension of time has been granted shall retain the original license expiration date. Failure to satisfy the continuing education requirement within the time granted shall result in the automatic inactivation of the license.