CE Requirements for Maryland License Renewal:
Licenses Expiring on or Before December 31, 2011

RESIDENTIAL LICENSES expiring on or before 12/31/11: 3 hrs    Legislative (Cat. A) 1.5 hrs    Fair Housing (Cat. C) 3 hrs    Ethics (Cat. D) 7.5 hrs    Elective COMMERCIAL LICENSES expiring on or before 12/31/11: 3 hrs    Legislative (Cat. A) 3 hrs    Ethics (Cat. D) 9 hrs    Elective

CE Requirements for Maryland License Renewal:
Licenses Expiring on or After January 1, 2012

A total of 15 approved CE hours are required in EVERY 2-year cycle for real estate licensee renewal.
The only exception to the 15 CE total is for licensees who possess a graduate degree in law or real estate, and are not a broker, associate broker, or designated a branch office manager or team leader.

If your RESIDENTIAL LICENSE expires on or after 1/1/12: The 3 required hours in Agency (Category H) must be fulfilled every four years. Other required categories (A, C and D) must be fulfilled every two years. 3 hrs    Legislative (Cat. A) 1.5 hrs    Fair Housing (Cat. C) 3 hrs    Ethics (Cat. D) 3 hrs (every 4 years) Agency (Cat. H) 4.5 hrs (7.5 hrs in a renewal cycle when Agency is not taken)    Elective If you are a broker, branch office manager or team leader, 3 required hours in Supervision must also be fulfilled every four years. 3 hrs    Legislative (Cat. A) 1.5 hrs    Fair Housing (Cat. C) 3 hrs    Ethics (Cat. D) 3 hrs (every 4 years) Agency (Cat. H) 3 hrs (every 4 years) Supervision (Cat. I) 1.5 hrs (up to 7.5 hrs in renewal cycles when Agency and/or Supervision are not taken)    Elective

If your COMMERCIAL LICENSE expires on or after 1/1/12: Above CE requirements are all applicable except for Fair Housing. The 1.5 hours in Fair Housing are not required, and may be substituted by an additional 1.5 Elective hours.

3-hour Agency and Broker Supervision Education Requirement - Effective January 1, 2012 — House Bill 83 (2010 Legislative Session) requires all real estate licensees to take a 3-hour continuing education course in agency principles and disclosure as part of the 15 hours of education required for license renewal. The agency course requirement must be fulfilled once every 4 years for the license renewals that occur after January 1, 2012.

This legislation also requires brokers, branch office managers and team leaders to complete a 3-hour course on the requirements of broker supervision once every 4 years.

Licensees who possess a graduate degree in law or real estate will be eligible for license renewal if they complete a total of 7.5 hours of continuing education, as long as they are not a broker, associate broker, or are designated a branch office manager or team leader. Those licensees eligible for the 7.5 hour requirement will substitute the agency class for the legislative update in alternating licensing periods.

3-hour Ethics Education Requirement — 3 hours of approved Ethics education is required during every 2-year Maryland license renewal cycle. The National Association of REALTORS^® also requires that an Ethics course covering the NAR Code of Ethics be completed by every member once every 4 years. HCAR offers Ethics courses which will cover both the Maryland licensing and the NAR membership requirement for Ethics training, at least once each calendar quarter. An approved Ethics training course is typically offered during the afternoon of every quarterly New Member Orientation.

Continuing Education Classes are Identified by the Following Categories:

A B C D E F G H I

Legislative Update Anti-Trust Fair Housing Ethics Disclosure Professional Enhancement Technology Agency Supervision by Broker, Branch Office Manager, Team Leaders

For more information, visit the Maryland Real Estate Commission's Web Site.
For a more detailed chart of education requirements, click here.