45-13-307 - Continuing education for mortgage loan originators. - Tennessee Statutes

45-13-307. Continuing education for mortgage loan originators.

(a)  In order to meet the annual continuing education requirements referred to in § 45-13-306(a)(2), a licensed mortgage loan originator shall complete at least eight (8) hours of education approved in accordance with subsection (b), which shall include at least:

     (1)  Three (3) hours of federal law and regulations;

     (2)  Two (2) hours of ethics, which shall include instruction on fraud, consumer protection and fair lending issues; and

     (3)  Two (2) hours of training related to lending standards for the nontraditional mortgage product marketplace.

(b)  For purposes of subsection (a), continuing education courses shall be reviewed and approved by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry based upon reasonable standards. Review and approval of a continuing education course shall include review and approval of the course provider.

(c)  Nothing in this section shall preclude any education course, as approved by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry, that is provided by the employer of the mortgage loan originator or an entity that is affiliated with the mortgage loan originator by an agency contract or any subsidiary or affiliate of the employer or entity.

(d)  Continuing education may be offered either in a classroom, online or by any other means approved by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry.

(e)  A licensed mortgage loan originator:

     (1)  May only receive credit for a continuing education course in the year in which the course is taken; and

     (2)  May not take the same approved course in the same or successive years to meet the annual requirements for continuing education.

(f)  A licensed mortgage loan originator who is an approved instructor of an approved continuing education course may receive credit for the licensed mortgage loan originator's own annual continuing education requirement at the rate of two (2) hours credit for every one (1) hour taught.

(g)  A person having successfully completed the education requirements approved by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry in subdivisions (a)(1)-(3) for any state shall be accepted as credit toward completion of continuing education requirements in this state.

[Acts 2009, ch. 499, § 8.]