1064

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 259

(f) (1) [During the period between July 1, 1978 and
May 1, 1980, and within] WITHIN every [ other ] two year
license renewal period [thereafter], every person licensed
under this subtitle shall comply with the continuing
education requirements established in this subsection as a
condition precedent to the renewal of a license. A licensee
receiving an initial license in the last year of a renewal
period does not have to comply with this continuing
education requirement until his second license renewal
period.

(2) (I) A licensee shall complete 12 clock hours
of approved continuing education instruction covering real
estate subject matter as approved by the Real Estate
Commission or the subject of real estate law, which includes
those laws as enacted by the Congress of the United States,
the Maryland General Assembly, and the governing bodies of
the local subdivisions as well as real estate rules and
regulations as promulgated by the administrative and
regulatory agencies of the federal, State, and local
governments.

(II)  TO COMPLY WITH THIS SUBSECTION UNLESS
COMPLIANCE HAS ALREADY OCCURRED, A LICENSEE SHALL SUBMIT
PROOF TO THE COMMISSION THAT HE IS REGISTERED FOR APPROVED
CONTINUING EDUCATION INSTRUCTION BY MAY 1, 1980 AND THAT HE
HAS COMPLETED THE NECESSARY INSTRUCTION BY OCTOBER 1, 1980.
THE COMMISSION SHALL EXTEND THE CURRENT VALID LICENSE OF ANY
INDIVIDUAL WHO SUBMITS PROOF OF REGISTRATION FOR APPROVED
CONTINUING EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF
THIS SECTION. A RENEWAL LICENSE SHALL BE ISSUED TO ANY
LICENSEE WHO SUBMITS PROOF OF COMPLETION OF THE REQUIRED
INSTRUCTION BY OCTOBER 1, 1980.

(III) THE COMMISSION SHALL REVOKE THE

LICENSE OF ANY LICENSEE WHO FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.

(III)  A LICENSEE WHO FAILS TO COMPLY WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION (F)(2)(II) MAY SHOW CAUSE AS TO
WHY HIS LICENSE SHOULD NOT BE REVOKED BY THE COMMISSION. IF
A LICENSEE FAILS TO SHOW CAUSE, THE COMMISSION MAY REVOKE
HIS LICENSE.

(3)  Each course offered shall encompass all the
subjects or may be limited to any one or more of the
subjects listed in paragraph (2). A certificate of
completion, which states the number of clock hours of
instruction covered by the individual course, shall be
provided to each attendee upon completion of the course,
which shall be submitted with the license renewal
application. Whenever feasible, courses shall be offered at
reasonable intervals within each county and within each
major geographic area of the larger counties.

(4)  The Commission shall approve the substance
and form of all continuing education courses. The courses