PRINTER'S NO. 2092
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1849
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY POLINCHOCK, BERNSTINE, R. BROWN, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
JAMES, M. MACKENZIE, R. MACKENZIE, MIZGORSKI, ROTHMAN,
SCHMITT, STRUZZI AND THOMAS, SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of February 19, 1980 (P.L.15, No.9), entitled
"An act establishing the State Real Estate Commission and
providing for the licensing of real estate brokers and
salesmen," in definitions, further providing for definitions;
and, in powers and duties of the State Real Estate Commission
- general, further providing for continuing education.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 201 of the act of February 19, 1980
(P.L.15, No.9), known as the Real Estate Licensing and
Registration Act, is amended by adding a definition to read:
Section 201. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
meanings given to them in this section:
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"Distance education." Real estate instruction delivered in
an independent or instructor-led asynchronous format during
which the student and the instructor are separated by distance
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and time.
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Section 2. Section 404.1(a) of the act is amended to read:
Section 404.1. Continuing education.
(a) The commission shall adopt, promulgate and enforce rules
and regulations consistent with the provisions of this act
establishing requirements of continuing education to be met by
individuals licensed as real estate brokers and real estate
salespersons under this act as a condition for renewal of their
licenses. The commission shall not consider real estate
instruction delivered in an instructor-led synchronous format as
distance education. The commission shall regulate real estate
instruction delivered in an instructor-led synchronous format
in the same manner as live, in-person real estate instruction.
The commission may waive all or part of the continuing education
requirement for a salesperson or broker who shows evidence, to
the commission's satisfaction, that he was unable to complete
the requirement due to illness, emergency or hardship. Such
regulations shall include any fees necessary for the commission
to carry out its responsibilities under this section.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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