Section 50145 Of Chapter 3.5. Mortgage Loan Originators From California Financial Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 3.5.
50145
. (a) A licensed mortgage loan originator shall complete at
least eight hours of continuing education approved in accordance with
subdivision (b). The continuing education shall include at least the
following:
(1) Three hours of instruction on federal law and regulations.
(2) Two hours of ethics, which shall include instruction on fraud,
consumer protection, and fair lending issues.
(3) Two hours of training related to lending standards for the
nontraditional mortgage product marketplace.
(4) One hour of training related to relevant California law and
regulations.
(b) For purposes of subdivision (a), continuing education courses
shall be reviewed and approved by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing
System and Registry. 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
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) Except as provided in subdivision (i), a licensed mortgage
loan originator:
(1) May only receive credit for a continuing education course in
the year in which the course is taken.
(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 hours credit for
every one hour taught.
(g) A person who has successfully completed continuing education
requirements approved by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and
Registry for any state other than California shall be granted credit
toward completion of continuing education requirements in
California.
(h) A licensed mortgage loan originator who subsequently becomes
unlicensed shall complete the continuing education requirements for
the last year in which the license was held prior to issuance of a
new or renewed license.
(i) A person meeting the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (3) of
subdivision (b) of Section 50144 may correct any deficiency in
continuing education as established by rule or regulation of the
commissioner.