§ 3543. Minimum Basic and Continuing Education Requirements.

(a) Minimum basic and continuing requirements shall be as follows:

(1) All courses shall meet the minimum AQB requirements;

(2) All classroom attended courses shall be taken through schools that are accredited by either:

(A) the Bureau; or

(B) any regional accrediting agency approved by the U.S. Department of Education;

(3) Distance education courses are acceptable if they were:

(A) Taken at a school which has been accredited by any regional accrediting agency approved by the U.S. Department of Education, or,

(B) Reviewed and approved by the Bureau and the International Distance Education Certification Center (IDECC) or approved through the AQB Course Approval Program.

(4) To receive consideration for education credit for courses not accredited by (2) and (3) above, the applicant may submit a Petition for Equivalency Credit, Form REA 3005 (Rev. 5/8/00), incorporated herein by reference, pursuant to Section 3567.

(b) In addition to (a) above, continuing education requirements shall be as follows:

(1) Continuing education requirements shall be completed after the date on which the previous license was issued;

(2) Appraisers applying for renewal of a license shall average at least 14 hours of accredited continuing education per year; and

(3) Of the required hours, a minimum of 7 hours of USPAP consisting of the 7-hour National USPAP Update Course must be completed every 2 years. For licenses expiring after January 1, 2004, applicants for renewal must provide documentation of completion of the seven-hour National USPAP Update Course with each renewal application. Applicants may certify that they have read and understand all applicable California and federal laws and regulations pertaining to the licensing and certification of real estate appraisers in lieu of being required to take a minimum of four hours of federal and California appraisal-related statutory and regulatory law every four years.

(c) In addition to (a) above, basic education requirements shall be as follows:

(1) Correspondence, video, CD ROM, online, or remote television courses taken for basic education must consist of at least five lesson assignments of 3 hours each to be equivalent to a 15 hour class.

(d) The Bureau may accept a state real estate appraiser license in good standing issued by another state or territory of the United States as satisfactory evidence of fulfillment of the minimum educational requirements of this part, provided that the state of issuance complies with the minimum standards established by the AQB.

HISTORY

1. Renumbering and amendment of former section 3512 to new section 3543 and renumbering of former section 3543 to new section 3701 filed 11-1-96; operative 11-1-96 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 96, No. 44). For prior history, see Register 94, No. 23.

2. Amendment of subsection (b)(3) filed 6-15-2000; operative 7-15-2000 (Register 2000, No. 24).

3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a)(6) filed 9-18-2000 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2000, No. 38).

4. Amendment of subsections (a)(5), (a)(5)(B), (b)(3) and (c)(1) filed 8-8-2006; operative 9-7-2006 (Register 2006, No. 32).

5. Repealer of subsections (a)(2) and (a)(4), subsection renumbering and amendment of newly designated subsection (a)(4) and subsection (b)(2) filed 8-24-2010; operative 9-23-2010 (Register 2010, No. 35).

6. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a)(2)(A), (a)(3)(B) and (d) filed 2-11-2014 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2014, No. 7).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 11313, 11314, 11340 and 11361, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Public Law 101-73 (FIRREA); and Sections 11340 and 11360, Business and Professions Code.