193E—16.4 (543B) Continuing education requirements.
	 16.4(1) All individual real estate licenses are issued for three-year terms, counting the remaining portion of the year of issue as a full year. All individual licenses expire on December 31 of the third year of the license term.
	 16.4(2) As a requirement of license renewal in an active status, each real estate licensee shall complete a minimum of 36 hours of approved programs, courses or activities. The continuing education must be completed during the three calendar years of the license term and cannot be carried over to another license. Approved courses in the following subjects shall be completed to renew to active status, except in accordance with 16.2(2):
Law Update 	  8 hours
Ethics 	  4 hours
Electives 	 24 hours
	 16.4(3) During each three-year renewal period a course may be taken for credit only once. A course may be repeated for credit only if the course numbers and instructors are different.
	 16.4(4) A maximum of 24 hours of continuing education may be taken by distance education each three-year renewal period.
	 16.4(5) A licensee unable to attend educational offerings because of a disability may make a written request to the commission setting forth an explanation and verification of the disability. Licensees making requests must meet the definition of a person with a disability found in the Americans with Disabilities Act.
	 16.4(6) In addition to courses approved directly by the commission, the following will be deemed acceptable as continuing education:
	  a.   	 Credits earned in a state which has a continuing education requirement for renewal of a license if the course is approved by the real estate licensing board of that state for credit for renewal. However, state-specific courses are not acceptable.
	  b.   	 Courses sponsored by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) or its affiliates.
[ARC 7972B, IAB 7/29/09, effective 9/2/09]