13. From 1 August 1994, a natural person applying for a chartered real estate broker’s certificate shall(1) hold a secondary school diploma or an attestation of equivalence recognized by the Minister of Education, except where the person already holds a real estate agent’s certificate;
(2) for at least 3 of the 5 years preceding the date of his application for a certificate,(a) have held a real estate agent’s permit issued by the Superintendent of Real Estate Brokerage under the Real Estate Brokerage Act (chapter C-73), or a chartered or affiliated real estate agent’s certificate issued by the Association des courtiers et agents immobiliers du Québec under the Real Estate Brokerage Act (chapter C-73.1); or
(b) have carried on an occupation related to the real estate transactions provided for in the Real Estate Brokerage Act (chapter C-73) or to the brokerage transactions provided for in section 1 of the Real Estate Brokerage Act (chapter C-73.1); and
(3) hold an attestation of college studies issued by a college-level educational institution for a program authorized by the Minister of Education under the College Education Regulations (chapter C-29, r. 4), and consisting of courses in the following subjects, for the minimum number of hours indicated below:(a) real estate law, with content differing from that provided for in clause b of subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of section 9, 45 hours;
(b) commercial law, 60 hours;
(c) accounting, 45 hours;
(d) plus one of the following subjects:i. real estate management, 60 hours;
ii. real estate taxation, 60 hours;
(e) plus one of the following subjects:i. real estate assets, 45 hours;
ii. introduction to revenue property, 45 hours;
iii. evaluation and commercial brokerage, 45 hours.
A person may be exempted from taking and successfully completing any of the courses in a subject referred to in subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph where a general and vocational college offering those courses grants him an equivalence.
O.C. 1863-93, s. 13; S.Q. 1994, c. 16, s. 52.