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Relicensing Education Program

The Relicensing Education Program (REP) requires licensees to complete applicable continuing education courses during the licensees’ two-year licence registration period in order to renew their licence.  The Council urges all licensees to complete their course requirements as soon as possible to avoid a last minute rush. Leaving it to the last minute could mean that courses are unavailable and may result in licensees not fulfilling their REP requirements. Licensees are reminded that licence renewal is dependent on completing the REP course requirements!  If you do not complete the REP requirements within your two-year licence registration period, your licence will not be renewed.

 

REP Course and Registration Information

All Licensees are required to complete one REP approved course for licence renewal in 2011 or 2012:

TRADING SERVICES

Real Estate E&O Insurance Legal Update (in-class or on-line)

or

Real Estate E&O Insurance Commercial Legal Update Course (in-class or on-line)

TRADING with RENTAL and/or STRATA MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Real Estate E&O Insurance Legal Update (in-class or on-line)

or

Real Estate E&O Insurance Commercial Legal Update Course (in-class or on-line)

or

PAMA’s Real Estate E&O Insurance Legal Update for Strata Managers or Rental Property Managers (on-line)

RENTAL and/or STRATA MANAGEMENT SERVICES

One REP elective course (from the list of approved REP Courses)

  • Strata managers may consider PAMA’s Real Estate E&O Insurance Legal Update for Strata Managers (on-line).
  • Rental property managers may wish to consider PAMA’s Real Estate E&O Insurance Legal Update for Rental Property Managers (on-line).

Note: Licensees who surrendered their licences in 2009/2010 without completing their REP requirements should contact the Council’s Education Department to confirm their current REP requirement for re-licensing with respect to the Council’s REP Policy Statement #1.

To register in any of the approved REP courses, or for course schedules, click on the appropriate link below:

 

REP Requirements for Licence Renewal in 2013 or 2014

Effective January 1, 2013, in accordance with section 2-8.1 of the Council Rules, all licensees will be required to complete one applicable Legal Update course during each 24 month registration period in order to renew a licence.  For more information, please refer to the page 1 of the October 2011 Report from Council newsletter.

To renew your licence in 2013 and 2014, you are not required to complete any REP courses:  You will not be required to complete any REP courses during the 24 month licence period ending in 2013 or 2014 as your licence does not have any REP requirement associated with the renewal. 

REP Record Keeping and Reporting

Licensees are responsible for accurate reporting of course completion and must keep a detailed and valid record of the REP courses completed as they may be subject to an audit of their reported education.

Proof of completed education and attendance records must be kept in a specific education file along with sufficient information about the course including completion certificates and marks.  These records must be kept for five years from the renewal date for which the education was used.

Licensees will report on the REP coursework completed at the time of licence renewal and certify that the information they have provided is accurate.

Should a licensee who is subject to an audit not be able to provide documentary evidence of course completion reported on a licence application, the Council may take disciplinary action including terminating the licence until such time as the required education has been completed.

General REP Elective Information (if applicable)

Licensees will satisfy their REP elective course requirements upon completion of one REP approved full day rated elective course.

Licensees who choose to take one of the supplemental licensing courses or the Broker’s Licensing Course must also successfully complete the applicable examination in order to obtain REP credit.

The Applied Practice Courses, supplemental licensing courses and examinations, the Broker’s Licensing Course and Examination or one of the courses in the Diploma Program in Urban Land Economics will receive a maximum of one full day rated elective course credit towards the REP requirements.

Licensees are eligible to receive REP credit for repeated courses taken in successive REP cycles.

Licensees will not receive credit for a REP approved course completed as a result of disciplinary action taken by the Real Estate Council.

Should a licensee choose to complete more education than required, they will not be permitted to carry any unused credits forward to obtain REP course credit in subsequent licence periods.

Only those real estate-related institutes and associations, who have been approved by the Real Estate Council of BC as having the expertise and training to deliver REP courses/seminars for real estate practitioners, may offer approved REP courses/seminars for real estate licensees to take in order to maintain a real estate licence.  No individual course providers will be approved at this time.

In order to ensure that all licensees are treated equitably with respect to REP requirements, relicensing education requirements also apply to individuals apply for licensing whose licence has become inoperative, suspended, or has been voluntarily surrendered. Please see the Council’s REP Policy Statement #1 for more information.

Licensees With Disabilities

It is the Council’s goal to create an ongoing education program that is accessible to everyone and ensures fair and consistent treatment of all licensees, including those with a disability in keeping with the BC Human Rights Code.  Licensees having a disability that would prevent them from completing a REP course may request special accommodations and arrangements and must provide appropriate assessment and report records including medical diagnosis and prognosis in order to facilitate the accommodation.  Information submitted will be kept confidential and used only for the purpose of facilitating accommodation.

Written requests for accommodation should be made 30 days in advance of registering for a course and must be submitted with supporting documentation to the Education and Licensing Officer at the Council offices.