N.J.A.C. 11:5-12.12 — Continuing education courses; standards and requirements

(a) All continuing education courses shall be instructional and contribute to the professional competence of individuals engaged in the practice of real estate brokerage. (b) To qualify for approval, courses may compel a licensee to pass a final examination testing their knowledge of the course content, as a condition of receiving credit for completion. (c) Approved courses may be offered in-person or online. (d) The following shall not qualify for approval as a continuing education course: 1. Salesperson prelicensure courses offered pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:15-10.1 and N.J.A.C. 11:5-2.1; 2. General education or review courses offered to prepare a student to take the broker or salesperson State licensing examination; 3. Sales meetings; 4. Motivational classes or seminars; and 5. Offerings in mechanical office and business skills, including typing, computer training, the internet, generic computer software, speed reading, memory improvement, report writing, salesmanship, and sales psychology. (e) To qualify for approval, a course shall have a duration of at least one hour and be designed to confer credits in whole credit increments. Each hour of the course duration shall consist of no less than 50 minutes of actual instruction, with no more than 10 minutes of each hour for administrative tasks. (f) Material revisions of course content cannot be made without prior approval by the Commission, except where changes are made for the purpose of updating a course to reflect recent developments, such as the enactment of a new or amended law or rule, do not require prior approval. Any other changes shall be disclosed in application for reapproval of the course and submitted immediately.