West Virginia Code 30-40-16 – Continuing professional education
(a) Every licensee shall complete seven hours of continuing professional education for each fiscal year, with each hour equaling 50 minutes of instruction. For brokers and associate brokers, three of the required seven hours shall be from the broker-level education curriculum approved by the commission.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-40-16
- Commission: means the West Virginia Real Estate Commission as established §. See West Virginia Code 30-40-4
- Distance education: means courses of asynchronous instruction in which instruction takes place through media where the teacher and student are separated by time. See West Virginia Code 30-40-4
- 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.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Inactive: means a licensee who is not authorized to conduct any real estate business and is not required to comply with any continuing education requirements. See West Virginia Code 30-40-4
- License: means a license to act as a broker, associate broker, or salesperson. See West Virginia Code 30-40-4
- Licensee: means a person holding a license. See West Virginia Code 30-40-4
- Real estate: means any interest or estate in land, and anything permanently affixed to land. See West Virginia Code 30-40-4
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
(b) Upon application for the renewal of a real estate license on active status, each licensee shall furnish satisfactory evidence, as established by the commission, that he or she has completed seven hours of approved continuing professional education during the term of the previous license.
(c) When a licensee in an inactive status makes application to revert to an active status, he or she shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the commission that he or she has completed the approved continuing professional education that would have been required for active status at the time the license was renewed.
(d) Approval from the commission shall be obtained by each provider and instructor and for any course prior to any advertising or offering of the course.
(e) Real estate-related continuing education courses provided by or approved by the real estate appraiser licensing and certification board, the Division of Highways, the West Virginia State Bar, or other agency of this state shall be recognized as approved by the commission.
(f) If approved in advance by the commission, distance education courses may be used to satisfy the continuing education requirement.
(g) Any licensee holding a license on July 1, 1969, and continuously thereafter, shall be exempt from the continuing professional education requirement.