§ 5 — Pre-licensing education

Section 5. (a) An applicant for a mortgage loan originator's license shall complete a minimum of 20 hours of pre-licensing education approved by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry based upon reasonable standards which shall include, without limitation: (i) 3 hours of federal law and regulations; (ii) 3 hours of ethics, which shall include instruction on fraud, consumer protection, and fair lending issues; (iii) 2 hours of training related to lending standards for the nontraditional mortgage product marketplace; and (iv) state law and regulation, which shall include instruction on state consumer protection laws and other related statutes.[There is no subsection (b).]