This Act revises the circumstances under which an applicant can be denied a license by the Real Estate Commission because of a criminal conviction. Similar to the recent changes made other professional license requirements, this Act does all of the following:
1. Defines when a crime is substantially related to the professions regulated by the Real Estate Commission.
2. Reduces the time since conviction to be eligible for a waiver of a felony conviction for a crime against a person from 5 years to 3 years.
3. Reduces the time since conviction to be eligible for a waiver of all other felony conviction for a crime from 5 years to 2 years.
4. Clarifies what is meant by being on parole.
This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Statutes affected:
Original Text: 24.2907