An application for approval of a continuing education
offering shall be made on a RE 315 (Rev. 2/06) "C.E. Offering Approval
Application" form, herein incorporated by reference, not less than 90 days
before the proposed commencement date of the offering. The completed
application shall be accompanied by the fee and include at least the following
supporting documents when applicable:
(a) Upon initial
application and as updates
to the information specified in this subsection occur, a Sponsor is required to
submit the following:
(1) If sponsoring entity
is a corporation, company, or partnership:
(A) From a Domestic Corporation - the filed
Articles of Incorporation endorsed by the California Secretary of
State.
(B) From a Foreign
Corporation - a Certificate of Qualification executed by the California
Secretary of State.
(C) From a
Company or Partnership (whether Domestic or Foreign) - one of the following
documents, issued by the California Secretary of State: Certificate of
Qualification, Certificate of Registration, or Certificate of Good
Standing.
(2) If the
Sponsor is operating under a "doing business as" ("DBA") name, include a
Fictitious Business Name Statement that has been filed with the county recorder
in the county where the Sponsor maintains their principal place of business or
in Sacramento County if the Sponsor does not maintain a place of business in
California.
(b) A
copyright authorization from the copyright holder specifying the material that
may be used and to whom the authorization has been granted if copyrighted
material will be used in a manner that would be in violation of the copyright
laws.
(c) A RE 304 (Rev. 3/09)
"Consent to Service of Process" form, herein incorporated by reference, if the
applicant is a non-resident of California.
(d) A RE 335 (Rev. 5/05) "C.E. Instructor
Certification" form, herein incorporated by reference, must be submitted for
each live course offering.
(e) All
instruction materials, student materials, textbooks, CDs, DVDs, audio/video
cassettes,
case studies, sample forms, incremental assessments, etc., to be
used as part of the offering.
(1) If CDs are
utilized during the course of instruction the following shall be submitted with
a
copy of each CD:
(A) A Table of Contents
for each CD.
(B) If the CD contains
a textbook, copies of the text cover, publication page and table of
contents.
(2) If DVDs or
audio/visual cassettes are utilized during the course of instruction, provide a
course outline as defined in Section
3006(c) that has
been keyed to the elapsed time for each topic and subtopic.
(f) A General Information Page that will be
provided to the participant prior to registration for the course that sets
forth all requirements and policies that affect the participant's enrollment
and completion of the course, i.e., fees, cancellation, refund; attendance and
dismissal; final exam criteria, etc.
(g) A Course Outline as defined in Section
3006(c) with each
topic and subtopic annotated with its allocated time in minutes.
(h) Detailed statement(s) addressing and/or
copies of the following if applicable for a correspondence course offering:
(1) Method of control to protect the
integrity of an exam administered via the internet.
(2) When the course is delivered via the
internet, procedures controlling the participant's navigation through the
course content to ensure the completion time is appropriate for the number of
clock hours for which the course is approved.
(3) A copy of the incremental assessments to
be utilized and a statement detailing the method of providing remediation to
the participant.
(4) A
copy of the
signed written statement, required by Section
3006(o), to be
executed by the participant.
(5)
Final Exam Instructions provided to the participant and the proctor.
(6) A Certification to be executed by the
proctor in accordance with Section
3007.3(h).
(i) The Final Exam or bank of questions with
answer key that has been keyed to the course material. If re-examinations are
allowed for participants that fail the initial examination two final
examinations must be submitted or the item bank must contain a sufficient
number of questions to compile two separate examinations.
(j) A Sample Course Completion Certificate
containing at least:
(1) The name and license
number of participant;
(2) A
statement regarding meeting attendance and/or examination criteria;
(3) The name of the offering as approved by
the Bureau;
(4) The number of
credit hours;
(5) The date of
registration if a correspondence course;
(6) The date of successful
completion;
(7) The category of the
offering;
(8) The eight-digit
CalBRE approval number;
(9) The
name, address and telephone number of the sponsor; and
(10) The printed name, signature and
telephone number of the individual verifying the participant's completion of
the course.
(k) If a
course is a live educational seminar, conference or symposium that will not be
offered more than annually in two (2) locations covering subject material
dealing with new or changing trends, concepts or innovations in areas relevant
to the real estate industry, a cover letter shall be submitted identifying the
course as a one-time offering and the first date it is to be offered.