(a) The Commission may issue a Temporary Sales Apprentice Permit to an applicant for a Sales Associate License who has met the requirements to sit for the examination upon the written request of the applicant’s sponsoring real estate broker agreeing to be responsible for the acts of the temporary sales apprentice. A Temporary Sales Apprentice Permit is valid for six months and may be renewed once and does not confer any property right in the privileges to be exercised under the permit. The authority to act under the temporary permit terminates upon the expiration date of the permit or as of the date when the holder of the permit successfully qualifies for a Sales Associate license by written examination under section 425, whichever date occurs first.
(b) The holder of a Temporary Sales Apprentice Permit may not sign any contract or agreement on behalf of the real estate broker with whom the temporary sales apprentice is employed or independently contracted.