21 NCAC 58A .1709. EXTENSIONS OF TIME TO COMPLETE CONTINUING EDUCATION

(a)  A broker on active status may request and be granted an extension of time to satisfy the continuing education requirement for a particular license period if the broker provides evidence to the Commission that he or she was unable to obtain the necessary education due to an incapacitating illness, military deployment, or other circumstance that existed for a substantial portion of the license period and that constituted a severe hardship evidenced by supporting documentation, such as a written physician's statement, deployment orders, or other corroborative evidence, such that compliance with the continuing education requirement would have been impossible or burdensome.

(b)  The Commission shall not grant an extension of time to satisfy the continuing education requirement for reasons of business or personal conflicts. 

(c)  The Commission shall not grant such an extension of time when the broker's inability to obtain the required education in a timely manner was unreasonable delay on the part of the broker in obtaining such education.

(d)  If an extension of time is granted, the broker shall be permitted to renew his or her license on active status but the license shall be automatically changed to inactive status at the end of the extension period unless the broker satisfies the continuing education requirement prior to that time.

(e)  If an extension of time is not granted, the broker may either satisfy the continuing education requirement prior to expiration of the license period or renew his or her license on inactive status.

(f)  In no event shall an extension of time be granted that extends the continuing education deadline beyond June 10 of the license year following the license year in which the request is made.

(g)  The broker's request for an extension of time shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the Commission and must be received by the Commission on or before June 10 of the license year for which the extension is sought.  The form for requesting an extension of time to satisfy the continuing education requirement shall include the broker's name, mailing address, license number, telephone number, email address, and a description of the incapacitating illness or other circumstance upon which the request for extension of time is based.  The form can be obtained on the Commission's website at www.ncrec.gov, or upon request to the Commission.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 93A-3(c); 93A-4.1;

Eff. July 1, 1994;

Amended Eff. August 1, 2014; October 1, 2000.