Section 339.22101. Definitions.

Rule 101. (1) As used in these rules:

(a)     "Classroom" means either:

(i)        A physical location where educational courses are offered and students and instructor are present.

(ii)     A location where a student receives instruction through electronic means.

(b)     "Clock hour" means a period of not fewer than 50 minutes of actual classroom instruction, not including outside assignments and reading. For distance learning systems, "clock hour" means the amount of material a student can process in 50 minutes of computerized instruction.

(c)     "Code" means 1980 P.A. 299, MCL 339.101 et seq.

(d)     "Coordinator" means the individual who assumes the responsibility under these rules for offering approved courses.

(e)     "Distance learning" means either of the following:

(i)       Approved courses where instructor and student may be apart and instruction takes place through other media.

(ii)          Approved courses which include but are not limited to instruction presented through interactive classrooms, computer conferencing, and interactive computer systems and which fulfill the requirements of section 2504(4) of the code.

(f)      "Instructor" means an individual who assumes responsibility under these rules for instructing an approved course. Instructors shall possess at least 1 of the following minimum qualifications:

(i)     Be an instructor of real estate courses who is or has been engaged in the practice of teaching at an accredited institution of higher learning.

(ii)           Be a person properly licensed or certified by the department or other governmental agency who is engaged in the real estate aspects of appraising, financing, marketing, brokerage management, real property management, real estate counseling, real property law, or other related subjects.

(iii)           Be a person who possesses alternative qualifications approved by the department, and is qualified by experience, education, or both to supervise and instruct a course of study.

(g)     "Prelicensure real estate course" or "prelicensure course" means a course that is represented to the public as fulfilling, in whole or in part, the requirements of section 2504(l) and (2) of the code.

(h)     "Real estate school" or "institution" means an approved entity which represents to the public that any of its courses fulfill, in whole or in part, the requirements of section 2504(l) and (2) of the code for prelicensure education. The entity shall also meet the requirements as set forth in section 2504(8) of the

code.

(i)         "Sponsor" means a person, as defined in section 105(5) of the code, and approved as determined by the department, which represents to the public that any of its courses fulfill the requirements of section 2504(4) of the code for continuing education.

(2)    Terms defined in sections 103, 105, and 2501 of the code have the same meanings when used in these rules.

History: 1991 AACS; 1997AACS; 2002 AACS; 2014 AACS.