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1. Informed of Essential Facts
2. Disclosure of Role-Agency
3. Primary Duty to Client
4. Discovery of Facts
5. Written Service Agreements
6. Written Transaction Agreements
7. Expenses Related to Transaction
8. Disclosure of Benefits to Client
9. Disclosure of Benefits to Customers
10. Outside Professional Advice
11. Personal Interest in Property
12. Skilled and Conscientious Service
13. Advertising - Content/Accuracy
14. Advertising Listings of Other REALTORS®
15. Advertising Claims
16. Discrimination
17. Compliance with Board/Association Bylaws
18. Compliance with Statutory Requirements
19. Discrediting another Registrant
20. Respecting Contractual Relationships
21. Principal (Broker) Responsibility
22. Cooperation with Board/Association
23. Arbitration
24. Inter-Board and Inter-provincial Arbitration
25. Avoid Controversies
26. CREA Trademarks
27. Intellectual Property Rights of Boards/Associations
28. REALTORS® Acting as Principal
ARTICLE 18 COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS

The business of a REALTOR® shall be conducted in strict accordance with all statutory and regulatory requirements.

Interpretations

18.1A board may only charge a REALTOR® under this Article once he or she has been found to have violated a statute or regulation by the body duly authorized to make such a determination.

18.2 A certificate of conviction or other proof of non-compliance issued by a duly authorized body may be relied on by a board as evidence of non-compliance with this Article.

18.3 Nothing in this Article prevents a board from initiating discipline proceedings where the conduct which is the subject of charges under other statutes or regulations may also constitute a violation of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Business Practice.