Regulations Pertaining to Prelicense Courses

Regulations Pertaining to Prelicense Courses

The prelicense course may be taken by correspondence or other suitable means by anyone who, because of individual physical hardship, cannot attend the course where it is regularly conducted. (Section 475.17, F.S.)

A student may not miss more than eight classroom hours of instruction. A classroom hour is considered to be 50 minutes. (Section 475.17, F.S.)

A FREC-prescribed grade report of successful completion of the academic course of study will be provided by the school or institution to each student passing the end-of-course exam. The school must submit a roster notifying the Commission of the name of each student who has satisfactorily completed the education requirements. (Section 475.175, F.S.)

A student may attend makeup classes to take the end-of-course exam or a makeup exam if absences were due to a student or family illness, if done within 30 days of the regularly scheduled exam time, or later with Commission approval. Makeup classes must be the classes the student missed, consisting of original course material. (61J2-3.008, F.A.C.)

The student must pass the school-administered end-of-course exam with a grade of 70 or higher. (61J2-3.008, F.A.C.)

A student failing the end-of-course exam must wait at least 30 days from the date of the original examination to again take the end-of-course examination. Within one year of the original end-of-course examination, the student may retake the end-of-course exam a maximum of one time. Otherwise, the student failing the Commission prescribed end-of-course exam must repeat the course prior to being eligible to again take the end-of-course examination. A student retaking the end-of-course exam must be administered a different form of the end-of-course exam. (61J2-3.008, F.A.C.)

Any applicant for licensure who has received a four-year degree in real estate from an accredited institution of higher education is exempt from the Commission-prescribed prerequisite education to become initially licensed. (Section 475.17, F.S., and 61J2-3.008, F.A.C.)