Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) To be eligible for licensure, an applicant
shall meet the following minimum education requirements:
(1) Successful completion of all minimum education
hours and course requirements for the license level applied for as prescribed by the
AQB, including the Appraisal Foundation's 15-hour National Uniform Standards of
Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) course;
(2) For the issuance of an initial or reciprocal
license, a Bureau-approved four-hour course on federal and California
appraisal-related statutory and regulatory law. A course will be deemed to be
"Bureau-approved" if it is accredited pursuant to Article 9 of the Bureau's
regulations; and
(3) For an applicant
for an initial or reciprocal license submitting a completed application that is
received by the Bureau on or after January 1, 2023, at least one hour of instruction
in cultural competency as defined in Section
11340
of the Business and Professions Code. Instruction on cultural competency shall
include, at a minimum, subject matter that covers an overview of historical and
current discriminatory practices in the real estate appraiser industry, which may
include consideration of various cultures and stereotypes of cultures; an
examination of one's own attitudes and values; and the acquisition of the values,
knowledge, skills, strategies and abilities that will allow an individual to work in
cross cultural situations.
(b)
All courses satisfying the requirements of subdivision (a)(1) shall:
(1) Be a minimum of 15 hours in length and include
a closed-book, proctored, final examination that covers the course
material;
(2) Have their course content
approved by the AQB through its Course Approval Program (CAP), a state real estate
appraiser licensing agency or comparable regulatory jurisdiction, or a college,
community college, or university that is accredited by a regional, institutional,
national, or programmatic accreditation association that is recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education;
(3) If it is an
asynchronous distance education course, have its course delivery mechanism approved
by one of the following:
(A) AQB through its
Course Approval Program (CAP);
(B) The
International Distance Education Certification Center;
(C) The Appraisal Foundation; or
(D) An accredited college, community college, or
university described in subparagraph (b)(2) that awards academic credit for the
distance education course.
(4)
Be taken through a school, provider, or program that is accredited by either:
(A) The Bureau; or
(B) Any regional, institutional, national, or
programmatic accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. Department of
Education.
(c) An
applicant who possesses a current and active license to practice as a real estate
appraiser issued by another state or territory of the United States and meets the
requirements in section
3569(a) shall be
deemed to have completed the minimum education requirements in (a)(1).
1. New section
filed 2-1-2023; operative 2-1-2023 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(3)
(Register 2023, No. 5).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
11313,
11314
and
11340,
Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
11314,
11340
and
11361,
Business and Professions Code; 12
U.S.C. section
3345.
