Real Estate Professional Status - do RE licensing hours count?

[John Stamos]

Hi, I looked into REPS and my spouse meets most of the criterion. My question is the following…

Do the several hours taking a Real Estate Licensing course and exam count towards Real Estate Professional Status? My spouse has more than 500 material participation hours on our properties but will the Real estate licensing course hours help her come closer to the 750 required or those are disqualified hours? I know that hours spent with broker buying/selling after obtaining the license count towards the status but do the hours getting the license count?

Thanks!