Virginia Law

A. Prelicense courses must be acceptable to the board, be taught by a certified prelicense instructor, and are required to have a monitored, final written assessment. All courses offered by an approved provider must include a mechanism designed to ensure reasonably that licensees are actively engaged for each class hour. Schools applying for approval to offer prelicense education courses must (i) electronically submit an application on a form prescribed by the board; (ii) gain approval by the board prior to initially offering the course; and (iii) supply the following information:

1. Course syllabus;

a. All Principles and Practices of Real Estate courses must include the topic areas specified in 18VAC135-20-400.

b. All requests to offer broker courses must include a course syllabus acceptable to the board;

2. Name of the course text and any research materials used for study assignments;

3. Description of any research assignments;

4. Copies of proficiency assessments, tests, or quizzes; and

5. Information about recordkeeping for the type of course delivery.

B. Continuing education and post-license education course requirements.

1. Schools applying for approval to teach continuing education and post-license education courses must electronically submit an application on a form prescribed by the board and gain approval by the board prior to initially offering the course.

2. All courses offered by an approved provider must include a mechanism designed to ensure reasonable that licensees are actively engaged for each class hour.

3. Correspondence and other distance learning courses offered by an approved provider must include appropriate testing procedures to verify completion of the course, including requiring licensees who complete correspondence or other distance learning courses to file a notarized affidavit certifying compliance with the course requirements with the education provider or with the licensee's own records.

4. The board will approve courses and the number of hours approved for each course based on the relevance of the subject to the performance of the duties set forth in § 54.1-2100 of the Code of Virginia.

5. Course content must be specific to the current laws and regulations of Virginia where applicable.

C. Approval of prelicense, continuing education, and post-license education courses, as well as post-license and continuing education instructors, will expire three years from the last day of the month in which the approval was granted by the board.

D. All schools must establish and maintain a record for each student. The record must include:

1. The student's name and address;

2. The course name and clock hours attended;

3. The course syllabus or outline;

4. The name of the instructor;

5. The date of successful completion; and

6. The board's course code.

Records must be available for inspection during normal business hours by authorized representatives of the board. Schools must maintain all student and class records for a minimum of five years.

E. All schools must provide each student with a certificate of course completion or other documentation that the student may use as proof of course completion. Such documentation must contain:

1. The student's name;

2. School name;

3. Course name;

4. Course approval number;

5. Course completion date;

6. Hours of credit completed; and

7. A statement that the course is "Approved by the Real Estate Board."

F. All providers of prelicense, continuing education, or post-license education courses must electronically transmit course completion data to the board in an approved format and method within five business days of the completion of each individual course.

G. All schools must appropriately update their course materials to reflect changes in applicable law or regulation when those changes take effect. Such changes do not require separate approval.