Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) All registered,
licensed and certified appraisers must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 30
hours of 50 minutes each of appraiser continuing education as prescribed or
approved by the Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board, without duplication of
material, during each renewal period as defined in Rule
61J1-2.002, F.A.C. The 30 hours
shall include the 7-hour National USPAP update course or its equivalent and
shall be taught by an AQB (Appraiser Qualifications Board) certified USPAP
instructor, without significant duplication of material, as defined in Section
475.611(1)(q),
F.S. A minimum of 3 hours shall be dedicated to a review and update of the
Florida Real Estate Appraisal Law and Board Rules, and provide an introduction
to other state and federal laws affecting real estate appraisals.
A registered, licensed or certified appraiser is not required
to complete the 30 hours of continuing education as a condition for initial
registration, licensure or certification renewal if the time between the
effective date on the initial registration, license or certificate and the
beginning of the initial registration, licensure or certificate renewal is less
than 6 months.
(2) The Board
shall approve for appraisal continuing education credit any course, seminar or
conference in the real estate appraisal practice area provided by national or
state recognized appraisal organization, accredited university, college,
community college, area technical center, state or federal agency or commission
or proprietary real estate school. The course will be approved for 24 months. A
course may not be offered after the expiration date except for a course that is
begun before the expiration date may be completed even if the completion date
is after the expiration date. The criteria for approval shall be as set out in
subsection (3), below.
(3)
Satisfactory completion of the Board prescribed or approved continuing
education course or courses of classroom instruction is demonstrated by
successfully meeting standards established for each Board prescribed course.
These standards for approval of continuing education courses for appraisers
shall be that they meet the AQB's The Real Property Appraiser Qualification
Criteria (AQB Criteria) and contain at least 2 hours of instruction and cover
real estate appraisal related topics such as ad valorem taxation, arbitration,
business courses related to real estate appraisal, construction estimating,
ethics and standards of professional practice, valuation bias, fair housing,
equal opportunity, land use planning, zoning and taxation, management, leasing,
brokerage, timesharing, property development, partial interests, real estate
appraisal (valuations/evaluations), real estate financing and investment, real
estate law, easements, legal interests, real estate litigation, damages,
condemnation, real estate appraisal related computer applications, real estate
securities and syndication, developing opinions of real property value in
appraisals, seller concessions, impact on value, energy-efficient items and
"green building" (as that term has been described in developing the AQB
Criteria) appraisals, and real property exchange.
(a) A copy of the course application shall be
submitted to the Board for evaluation at least 90 days prior to use. The
provider must submit a complete copy of the course materials, a detailed course
timeline, and learning objectives. The Board will issue a status report to the
course provider within 60 days after submission of the course. Approval must be
granted before the course and examinations, if required, may be offered. It is
the responsibility of the institution, school, or entity offering the Board
approved courses to keep the course materials current and accurate, and notify
the Board at least 90 days before implementing any significant changes to the
course during its approval period.
(b) The national or state recognized
appraisal organization, accredited university, college, community college, area
technical center, state or federal agency or commission, or proprietary real
estate school offering these Board prescribed or approved courses shall fully
inform each student of the standards and requirements at the commencement of
each course by providing each student a course syllabus that clearly states the
course objective(s) and explains the desired learning outcomes. At least 70% of
the desired learning outcomes shall be at the application level or higher. No
more than 10% of the desired learning objectives shall be at the knowledge
level. Notice of course completion shall be made as prescribed by the Board in
Rule 61J1-4.005, F.A.C.
(c) For purposes of this rule, "application
level" is defined as the ability to use the learned material in a completely
new and concrete situation. It usually involves the application of rules,
policies, methods, computations, laws, theories, or any other relevant and
available information.
(d) For
purposes of this rule, "knowledge level" is defined as recalling specific
facts, patterns, methods, terms, rules, dates, formulas, names, or other
information that must be committed to memory.
(4)
(a) The
continuing education courses required in this rule may be satisfied by a Board
approved equivalent distance education course. Distance education is education
that takes place when the learner is separated from the source of instruction
by time and/or distance. Such distance education course subject matter,
assignment work, scholastic standards and other related requirements shall be
evaluated in the same manner as the course offered by classroom instruction,
having due regard however, to the different method of presentation. Components
of distance education include synchronous and asynchronous courses. Synchronous
courses require the instructor and students to interact simultaneously online
via live webinar or web based meeting. Synchronous courses do not require final
exams or proof of certification of the delivery method by the AQB or an
independent certified organization approved by the AQB. The institution,
school, or entity offering synchronous education courses must provide the
delivery platform. Asynchronous courses allow the students to progress at their
own pace and follow a structure course content and quiz/exam schedule. The
institution, school or entity offering distance asynchronous education courses
must provide proof of certification of the delivery method by the AQB or by an
independent certified organization approved by the AQB.
(b) A copy of the distance education course
materials, a detailed course timeline, learning objectives, and a copy of each
form of the course examination that will be administered to students shall be
submitted to the Board for evaluation and approval at least 90 days prior to
use. A minimum of 2 course examinations for each course shall be submitted for
approval. The Board will issue a status report to the course provider within 60
days after submission of the course and examinations. Approval must be granted
before the course and examinations may be offered. Thereafter, the course and
examinations shall be maintained by each institution, school, or entity
offering the distance education course(s) in accordance with the Board approved
standard as subsequently modified by changing times, standards and laws. It is
the responsibility of the institution, school or entity offering the Board
approved distance education courses to keep the course material current and
accurate, and notify the Board at least 90 days before implementing any
significant changes to the course during its approval period. The examination
must be proctored in person or remotely. Bio-metric proctoring is acceptable.
As an alternative to proctoring, there must be successful completion of
prescribed course mechanisms required to demonstrate knowledge of the subject
matter.
(c) The continuing
education courses required in this rule may be taught by a Board approved
equivalent hybrid education course. Hybrid courses can be composed of a
combination of classroom, asynchronous and synchronous education. Hybrid
courses must include in the course timed outline what sections are being
offered by synchronous, asynchronous and classroom. The asynchronous portion of
the course requires a course examination. A copy of the complete course
materials and a copy of each form of the course examination that will be
administered to students shall be submitted to the Board for evaluation and
approval at least 90 days prior to use. A minimum of 2 course examinations for
each course shall be submitted for approval. The examination may be
administered at the end of the course or portions of the examination may be
administered to students at appropriate intervals during the course. The Board
will issue a status report to the course provider within 60 days after
submission of the courses and examinations. Approval must be granted before the
course and examination may be offered. Thereafter, the course and examinations
shall be maintained by each institution, school, or entity offering the
education course(s) in accordance with the Board approved standard as
subsequently modified by changing times, standards, and laws. It is the
responsibility of the institution, school, or entity offering the Board
approved education courses to keep the course material current and accurate,
and notify the Board at least 90 days before implementing any significant
changes to the course during its approval period. The examination must be
proctored in person or remotely. Bio-metric proctoring is acceptable. As an
alternative to proctoring, there must be successful completion of prescribed
course mechanisms required to demonstrate knowledge of the subject matter, and
a final examination. The institution, school, or entity offering hybrid
education courses must provide proof of certification of the delivery method by
the AQB or by an independent certified organization approved by the AQB for the
asynchronous portion of the course. The institution, school, or entity offering
hybrid education courses must provide the delivery platform for the synchronous
portion of the course.
(d)
Satisfactory completion of the Board prescribed continuing education course(s)
through distance and hybrid education is demonstrated by achieving a grade of
80% or higher on the Board approved examination. Students failing the Board
prescribed course examination must repeat the Board prescribed distance or
hybrid education course of study prior to being eligible to again take the
course examination, which must be a different examination from the one the
student previously failed.
(e) The
objective of the distance and hybrid education course examination is to test
fairly and reliably whether students have learned essential facts and concepts
from the course. This examination shall consist of a minimum of 3 questions per
instructional hour. All questions shall be multiple choice with 4 answer
choices each. The order of the examination questions may not follow the
sequence of the course content. The answer key must reference the page
number(s) containing the information on which each question and correct answer
is based. The answer key must be unique for each form of the examination. At
least 70% of the questions on each form of the test shall be at the application
level or higher. No more than 10% of the questions on each form of the test
shall be at the knowledge level. The examination shall comply with the Item
Writing Guidelines as of January 29, 2004, incorporated herein
reference.
(f) In all Board
approved continuing education courses by distance or hybrid education, the
institution, school or entity shall provide to students an address, telephone
number, or e-mail address of a Board approved instructor to answer
inquiries.
(g) Continuing education
courses by distance and hybrid education will be approved for 24 months at
which point the course will expire unless submitted to the Board and approved
for renewal. Courses may not be offered or distributed after the expiration
date. Students must be notified of the course expiration date upon receipt of
the course materials.
(5)
The Florida institution, organization, permitted real estate school or Board
approved entity offering these Board prescribed or approved courses shall fully
inform each student of the standards, requirements and criteria at the
commencement of each course. Each student shall receive a copy of the most
current course approval letter, issued by the Board, at the commencement of
each course. Notice of course completion shall be as prescribed by Rule
61J1-4.005, F.A.C.
(6) These Board prescribed or approved
courses shall be offered by a nationally or state recognized appraisal
organization, area technical centers, accredited university, college and
community college, state or federal agency or commission, or proprietary real
estate school that holds a permit pursuant to Section
475.451, F.S., or at a place
approved by the Board. Satisfactory completion of these courses will not
entitle any person to renew a registration, license or certification until such
person has met all requirements of law.
(7) A registrant, licensee, or certificate
holder, including a Board member, who attends meeting where the Board considers
disciplinary cases shall earn once during a renewal cycle, a maximum of seven
(7) classroom hours of continuing education credit, provided that, the
individual is not appearing as a party to a disciplinary action and notifies
the Division of Real Estate, Education Section, of the intent to attend at
least seven (7) days prior to the meeting. No credit will be given for any
meeting that lasts less than two (2) hours. In order to award credit,
attendance at the board meeting shall be subject to review, monitoring, and
auditing by the Board or Department.
(8) Credit towards the continuing education
requirement of this rule may also be satisfied by teaching Board approved
appraisal courses. Credit shall only be granted on a one-time basis per renewal
cycle for teaching a particular appraisal course and shall be limited to 50% of
the required classroom hours for that renewal cycle. The Board may request
supportive documentation to ascertain course content and to verify the date(s),
time, place and hours taught.
Rulemaking Authority
475.613(2),
475.614 FS. Law Implemented
475.613,
475.618,
475.628
FS.
New 10-15-91, Amended 4-21-92, 6-7-92, Formerly 21VV-4.003,
Amended 11-3-94, 9-5-96, 4-6-98, 9-6-98, 9-14-00, 10-22-01, 3-31-02, 5-25-04,
5-15-05, 1-8-06, 12-4-06, 12-6-07, 6-7-10, 7-17-11, 4-9-13, Amended 11-17-15,
10-16-19, 2-18-21, 1-4-22, 11-29-23.
