224.75(4)(4) Responsibility for forms. A mortgage banker or mortgage broker is responsible for the preparation and correctness of all entries on forms, documents and records which are under the mortgage banker’s or mortgage broker’s control and which are not dependent on information provided by the residential mortgage loan applicant or a 3rd party. 224.75(5)(5) Accounting practices. A mortgage banker or mortgage broker shall maintain its books and records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 224.75(6)(6) Furnishing books and records. Upon request by the division, any licensee under this subchapter, and any other person whom the division has authority to investigate and examine under s. 224.74 (2), shall make any books and records requested by the division available for inspection and copying by the division. If any records are kept at a licensed office not located within this state, the mortgage banker or mortgage broker shall, upon request of the division, promptly deliver such documents to any location within this state specified by the division. 224.75 HistoryHistory: 1987 a. 359; 1987 a. 403 s. 182; Stats. 1987 s. 440.75; 1995 a. 27 s. 6596; Stats. 1995 s. 224.75; 1997 a. 145; 2007 a. 211; 2009 a. 2; 2013 a. 360. 224.75 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also ch. DFI-Bkg 42, Wis. adm. code. 224.755224.755 Education and testing requirements for mortgage loan originators. 224.755(1)(1) Education requirements applicable prior to license issuance. Subject to sub. (3) (a) and (c), an applicant for a license under s. 224.725 (1), prior to the division’s issuance of the license, shall complete at least 20 hours of education, including a minimum of all of the following: 224.755(1)(b)(b) Three hours of ethics, including instruction on fraud, consumer protection, and fair lending issues. 224.755(1)(c)(c) Two hours of training related to lending standards for the nontraditional mortgage product marketplace. 224.755(2)(2) Continuing education requirements. Subject to subs. (3) (a), (c), (d), and (f), an applicant for renewal of a license under s. 224.725 (5), prior to the division’s renewal of the license, shall annually complete at least 8 hours of education, including a minimum of all of the following: 224.755(2)(b)(b) Two hours of ethics, including instruction on fraud, consumer protection, and fair lending issues. 224.755(2)(c)(c) Two hours of training related to lending standards for the nontraditional mortgage product marketplace. 224.755(3)(a)(a) No education course may count toward the requirement under sub. (1) or (2) unless the course has been reviewed and approved by the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry based upon reasonable standards, including review and approval of the course provider. 224.755(3)(b)(b) An education course meeting the standard under par. (a) may count toward the requirements under subs. (1) and (2) even if the course is any of the following: 224.755(3)(b)1.1. Provided by the applicant’s or licensee’s employer, by an entity affiliated with the applicant or licensee by an agency contract, or by any subsidiary or affiliate of such an employer or affiliated entity. 224.755(3)(b)2.2. Offered through the Internet or another online or electronic medium. 224.755(3)(c)(c) If an individual was previously registered as a loan originator under s. 224.72, 2007 stats., or previously licensed as a mortgage loan originator under s. 224.725, the division may not issue or renew a mortgage loan originator license for the individual under s. 224.725 unless the individual satisfies the requirements under sub. (1) or (2) or demonstrates to the division’s satisfaction that the individual has completed all education requirements applicable to the individual in the last year in which the individual’s license or registration was valid. 224.755(3)(d)(d) Unless expressly authorized by the division, a licensed mortgage loan originator may receive credit for a continuing education course only in the year in which the course is taken and may not take the same approved course in the same or successive years to meet the requirements under sub. (2). 224.755(3)(e)(e) 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 2 hours of credit for every one hour taught. 224.755(3)(f)(f) The division may, by rule, allow an applicant for renewal of a license under s. 224.725 (5) to make up any deficiency in meeting the requirements specified in sub. (2). 224.755(4)(a)(a) An applicant for a license under s. 224.725 (1), prior to the division’s issuance of the license, shall pass a written test meeting the standards under par. (b). An individual shall answer at least 75 percent of the test questions correctly to achieve a passing test score. 224.755(4)(b)1.1. No test may satisfy the requirement under par. (a) unless the test is developed by the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry and administered by a test provider approved by the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry based upon reasonable standards. 224.755(4)(b)2.2. A test does not meet the standard under subd. 1. unless the test adequately measures the applicant’s knowledge and comprehension in appropriate subject areas, including all of the following: