Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
324A.035(3)(d), (f)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
324A.035(3)(d) and (f)
require the board to establish requirements for education and continuing
education of appraisers. This administrative regulation establishes the
requirements for approval of the course taught by an instructor.
Section 1. Approval of Instructor.
(1) To apply for approval as an instructor at
an approved real estate appraisal education provider, an instructor shall
submit the following:
(a) A completed Real
Estate Appraiser Instructor Application;
(b) A copy of a current resume or curriculum
vitae;
(c) A copy of legal
documentation required to support an answer, if applicable; and
(d) A completed course outline for each
course.
(2) An
instructor shall have:
(a) A baccalaureate
degree or higher in real estate, business, law, finance or education from a
college or university duly accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting
organization;
(b) An associate
degree in real estate from a college or university duly accredited by a
nationally recognized accrediting organization;
(c) Completed five (5) consecutive years
full-time experience, with an average of at least twenty (20) hours per week,
in the real estate appraisal related subject area that he or she is teaching;
or
(d) A combination of teaching,
education, and full-time experience, averaging at least twenty (20) hours per
week for each year of experience, in real estate appraisal totaling five (5)
years.
(3) An instructor
shall possess:
(a) A thorough familiarity of
the provisions of KRS 324A, 201 KAR Chapter 30, and their effect on the subject
area of the course;
(b) A thorough
knowledge of the subject area of the course he or she is teaching, including
property type and proper appraisal methods and techniques applicable to the
subject area; and
(c) A thorough
familiarity with the current edition of the Uniform Standards of Professional
Appraisal Practice;
(4)
An instructor for courses that are specific to the certified general real
property appraiser level shall be a certified general real property appraiser
in good standing.
(5) An instructor
for courses that are specific to the certified residential real property
appraiser level or the licensed real property appraiser level shall be a
certified general real property appraiser in good standing or a certified
residential real property appraiser in good standing.
Section 2. Withdrawal of Approval. Approval
of an instructor may be withdrawn by the board for:
(1) A violation of a provision of
KRS
324A.050 or an administrative regulation
promulgated by the board that results in the suspension or revocation of his or
her certification;
(2)
Falsification of material submitted to the board to become an approved
instructor;
(3) Falsification of a
student's hours of attendance or grades in a course;
(4) Failure to be present in the classroom or
leaving the classroom management in the supervision of an instructor not
approved by the board to teach the class;
(5) Failure to provide to any materials
requested by the board;
(6)
Improper conduct or incompetence in instruction as evidenced by:
(a) Negative evaluations under
201 KAR
30:170;
(b) Excessive pass or failure rates in a
course; or
(c) Negative evaluation
by a board representative who has observed the course.
Section 3. Only an approved
instructor shall teach a qualifying education course offered by an approved
education provider or a mandatory continuing education course.
Section 4. All approved instructors shall:
(1) Be approved by the board and be in
compliance with the provisions this administrative regulation; and
(2) Observe and enforce the guidelines for
classroom management as part of the education program.
Section 5. Uniform Standards of Professional
Appraisal Practice courses.
(1) Prior to
teaching any course entitled "Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal
Practice" as a qualifying education course or a continuing education course,
the instructor shall be an appraiser qualifications board certified USPAP
instructor.
(2) Instructors
applying to teach any course titled "Uniform Standards of Professional
Appraisal Practice" qualifying education course or continuing education course
shall:
(a) Submit to the board a copy of
appraiser qualifications board- certified USPAP instructor approval certificate
which includes the instructor approval number and the date of course
completion; and
(b) Proof that the
instructor is currently in good standing with the appraisers qualifications
board national instructor approval program.
(3) If the instructor is a certified real
property appraiser, he shall submit proof of good standing in all jurisdictions
in which he holds a credential of certified general real property appraiser or
a certified residential real property appraiser.
(4) Instructors previously certified by the
appraiser qualifications board national instructor program to teach USPAP who
have failed to renew the certification at the time of application to the Real
Estate Appraisers Board and who are not in good standing with the appraiser
qualifications board or not in good standing with all state appraiser
regulatory agencies in which the instructor is certified shall not be approved
to teach qualifying education or continuing education courses.
(5) USPAP instructors shall comply with the
generally accepted principles of education (GAPE) developed by the Real Estate
Educators Association.
Section
6. Incorporation by Reference.
(1) The following material is incorporated by
reference:
(a) "Real Estate Appraiser
Instructor Application", 2005;
(b)
"Guidelines for Classroom Management", 2005; and
(c) "Generally Accepted Principles of
Education (GAPE)", 2005.
(2) This material may be inspected, copied,
or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the Kentucky Real Estate
Appraisers Board, 321 N. Madison Avenue, Richmond, Kentucky 40475, (859)
623-1658, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
324A.020,
324A.035(3)(d),
(f)