Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 161 - APPRAISER CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE BOARD
Division 20 - EDUCATIONAL COURSES, REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDERS
Section 161-020-0015 - Course Approval

(1) Courses shall be reviewed and approved under these rules as either Qualifying Education or Continuing Education and shall be identified as either synchronous/classroom, asynchronous, or a hybrid. A hybrid Course must meet the criteria for both synchronous/classroom and asynchronous as set forth in this Division 020. A course approved for Qualifying Education may also be used for Continuing Education if the course meets the requirements of this section. An appraiser does not need to take or pass an examination in order to receive Continuing Education credit for the course.

(2) Course approval commences on the date initial approval is granted by the Board. Course approval by the Board is not retroactive (applicable prior to the date approval is initially granted) because previous offerings of an approved course have not been reviewed under these rules.

(3) Each Qualifying Education course shall be assigned to one specific category as outlined in 161-020-0110(2)(a) and 161-020-0110(3).

(4) Each approved course shall be assigned a maximum number of classroom hours of instruction (including examination time if applicable). A classroom hour means 60 minutes, of which at least 50 minutes must be instruction time attended by students.

(5) Each approved course shall have an index number assigned to indicate approval.

(6) Upon receipt of course approval, the course owner/affiliated entity (such as a state or local chapter of a national organization that owns a course) may represent in any advertising or other materials that the course is a Board approved course, provided that the number of classroom hours credit awarded by the Board is also clearly indicated when the number of credit hours awarded is less than the actual number of scheduled classroom hours.

(7) Course approval granted to a course owner shall apply to any affiliated entity subject to the following conditions:

(8) The Board reserves the right to conduct a full review of any approved course for any reason in connection with any course approval or at any other time. Further, the Board may establish a system of periodic course review including but not limited to attending the course for audit purposes.

(9) Board approved courses will be assigned an expiration date three (3) years from date of Board approval for the course or the same expiration date as the AQB approval, whichever occurs first. Course approval for asynchronous and hybrid education courses offered online via the internet shall expire the same date as ADMAE and/or AQB approval, whichever occurs first.

(10) To renew an approved course, a course provider must submit a course approval application, application fee and all other required materials as outlined in OAR 161-020-0045 and 161-020-0055 prior to the course expiration date. Current copies of ADMAE and AQB approval letters are also required for renewal of an approved course when applicable.