Summary
Appraiser education requirements which were formerly adopted by statute will be by this amendment adopted by administrative rule. Appraiser experience requirements are also being amended. These requirements are changing beginning 01/01/2015 and the new requirements are reflected in the proposed rule amendment. In Subsection R162-2g-102(5), the definition of "CAMA" is added as an acronym meaning Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal. In Section R162-2g-304a, applicants to become a licensed appraiser will have to successfully complete 30 semester hours of college-level education from an accredited college or university and experience requirements are amended from 12 months to 12 to 24 months depending on the type of experience. In Section R162-2g-304b, applicants to become a certified residential appraiser will be required to have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university (currently an associate's degree is required) and experience requirements are amended from 24 months to 24 to 36 months depending on the type of experience. In addition, outdated provisions are deleted. In Section R162-2g-304c, experience requirements are amended from 30 months to 30 to 42 months depending on the type of experience. In addition, outdated provisions are deleted. In Section R162-2g-304d, outdated provisions are deleted and experience from non-traditional clients is allowed up to 50% of total experience requirements. In addition, required experience hours are adjusted and limited with reference to Appendices 1-3. Section R162-2g-306a provides that continuing education (CE) credit may be obtained by attending one Appraiser Board meeting during the CE cycle. In the new Section R162-2g-307a, general education criteria is clarified and Subsections R162-2g-307(a) through (e) are renumbered. Section R162-2g-311 is amended to require that a trainee's supervisor be permitted and competent to perform supervision and allows trainees to have more than one supervisor. In Section R162-2g-502a, the rules relating to supervisory appraisers and trainees are updated requiring supervisory appraisers to be in good standing for three years prior to supervising a trainee. Supervisory appraisers must be competent in the geographic area and are jointly responsibility with the trainee for the trainee's experience log. In Section R162-2g-502b, continuing education providers are prohibited from misrepresenting CE courses along with other prohibited conduct. In Section R162-2g-601 Appendices one through three are amended to more accurately reflect the hours of appraisal work necessary to gain the required competency in various standards and minor errors from previous editions are corrected. In addition, Appendix four is added clarifying the appraiser education requirements including required core curriculum and continuing education topics.