Arkansas Code Title 17. Professions, Occupations, and Businesses § 17-42-303. Education and experience requirements

(2) The maximum number of hours required of an applicant for a salesperson's license shall not exceed ninety (90) hours, at least thirty (30) hours of which shall be in the basic principles of real estate.

(b)(1) The commission shall establish the experience requirement for licensure for an applicant for a broker's license subject to the condition of serving an active, bona fide apprenticeship by holding a valid salesperson's license issued by the commission or by holding a valid salesperson's license or broker's license issued by the appropriate licensing agency of another state for a period of not less than twenty-four (24) months within the previous forty-eight-month period immediately preceding the date of application.

(2) However, the commission may waive the experience requirement for a real estate broker applicant who has held an active real estate broker's license for a period of not less than eighteen (18) months or who has experience acceptable to the commission in a field considered real estate-related for a period of not less than twenty-four (24) months within the previous forty-eight-month period immediately preceding the date of application.

(c)(1) The commission shall establish a post-licensure education requirement for individuals in their first year of licensure as salespersons or brokers.

(2) The commission shall not require more than thirty (30) classroom hours of post-licensure education hours.