(a) In order to be eligible for approval by the commission, a course in real estate designed to meet the educational requirements established in § 62-13-303 shall be under the personal and direct supervision of an instructor who:
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-13-324
Affiliate broker: means any person engaged under contract by or on behalf of a licensed broker to participate in any activity included in subdivision (4). See Tennessee Code 62-13-102
Broker: means any person who, for a fee, commission, finders fee or any other valuable consideration or with the intent or expectation of receiving a fee, commission, finders fee or any other valuable consideration from another, solicits, negotiates or attempts to solicit or negotiate the listing, sale, purchase, exchange, lease or option to buy, sell, rent or exchange for any real estate or of the improvements on the real estate or any time-share interval as defined in the Tennessee Time-Share Act, compiled in title 66, chapter 32, part 1, collects rents or attempts to collect rents, auctions or offers to auction or who advertises or holds out as engaged in any of the foregoing. See Tennessee Code 62-13-102
Person: means and includes individuals, corporations, partnerships or associations, foreign and domestic. See Tennessee Code 62-13-102
Real estate: means and includes leaseholds, as well as any other interest or estate in land, whether corporeal, incorporeal, freehold or nonfreehold, and whether the real estate is situated in this state or elsewhere. See Tennessee Code 62-13-102
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Has completed a Tennessee real estate commission approved course in instructor training;(2) Holds a diploma or certificate evidencing a high school education or the equivalent of a high school education;(3) Has no complaints filed against such person in the office of the commission that have not been satisfactorily resolved;(4) If the course concerns the principles of real estate, mathematics or sales techniques, is a licensed broker, or, with the approval of the commission, an affiliate broker, with at least five (5) years of experience in the subject of the course;(5) If the course concerns the law of real estate, has graduated from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association or approved by the state board of law examiners;(6) If the course concerns any other field in which a degree or other recognized designation is commonly awarded, has earned that degree or designation or has at least five (5) years of satisfactory experience in the field; and(7) If the course is offered for credit at a college or university, has either a master’s degree and three (3) years of satisfactory experience in the area of instruction or a terminal degree in the area of instruction.(b) The commission may charge a fee of up to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each instructor in an education cycle in order to review the instructor’s qualifications.(c) Before teaching the core course required every two (2) years by the real estate commission, an instructor shall demonstrate competency in the subject by taking an approved instructor course of at least four (4) hours on the subject matter being presented in the core course.(d) Before teaching a course on the law of agency, an instructor shall successfully complete an approved instructor course on agency.(e) The real estate commission shall approve any continuing education course that consists of a minimum of one (1) classroom hour in length; provided, that the course meets all of the requirements of the commission that are not related to course length. Any rule, policy, or requirement of the real estate commission that is in conflict with this subsection (e) is superseded.
