Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 1501 - Mississippi Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board › Chapter 1 - Educational Requirements for Appraiser Trainee, Licensed Real Estate Appraiser, Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser and Certified General Real Estate Appraiser › Rule 30-1501-1.1 - Educational Requirements for Appraiser Trainee, Licensed Real Estate Appraiser, Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser and Certified General Real Estate Appraiser

Current through June 25, 2024
Each applicant for an Appraiser Trainee credential shall
				  have completed the required number of classroom hours of courses in subjects
				  related to real estate appraisal as established by the AQB.
Each applicant for a credential as a State Licensed real
				  estate appraiser, a State Certified Residential real estate appraiser or a
				  State Certified General real estate appraiser shall have successfully completed
				  the required number of classroom hours of appraisal courses as established by
				  the AQB.
1. Class hours will be
				credited only for educational offerings with content that follows and complies
				with the specific required core curriculum as established by the AQB. The
				course content requirements may be general or specific to the property types.
2. Class hours may be obtained
				only where the minimum length of the Qualifying Education offering is at least
				15 hours and the individual course participant successfully completes an
				approved, proctored closed-book examination which is pertinent to that
				educational offering.
3. Where the
				Qualifying Education course includes multiple topics identified within the
				current Appraisal Qualification Board (AQB) Required Core Curriculum, there
				must be appropriate testing for each of the components.
Courses which are taken to satisfy the Qualifying Education
				  requirements must not be repetitive. The Uniform Standards of Professional
				  Appraisal Practice (USPAP) courses which are completed in different years
				  (licensing periods) are not considered to be repetitive. All courses should be
				  designed to foster problem-solving skills in the education process by utilizing
				  case studies as a major teaching method, when applicable.
4. All applicants for a credential must
				complete the 15-Hour National USPAP Course, or its equivalent, and must pass
				the accompanying examination. At least one of the course instructors must be an
				AQB Certified USPAP Instructor who is also an active State Certified Appraiser
				and is in good standing with all Appraiser Licensing Boards where any appraisal
				credential is held. Equivalency shall be determined through the AQB Course
				Approval Program (CAP) or by an alternate method established by the AQB. The
				USPAP education presented in a distance education format must be designed to
				foster appropriate student-to-student, student-to-instructor and
				student-to-material interaction.
5. Distance Education courses:
(a) Any education process based on the
				geographical separation of student and instructor.
(b) Course(s) must provide for an interaction
				where the student is guaranteed verbal or written communication with the
				instructor.
(c) Content approval
				is to be obtained from the AQB, a state licensing jurisdiction, or an
				accredited college, community college, or university that offers distance
				education programs and is approved or accredited by the Commission on Colleges,
				a regional or national accreditation association, or by an accrediting agency
				that is recognized by the United States Secretary of Education. Non-academic
				credit from college or community college courses shall be approved by either
				the AQB or the state licensing jurisdiction.
(d) Course delivery mechanism approval is to
				be obtained from one of the following sources:
i. The AQB approved organizations providing
				approval of course design and delivery; or
ii. A college that qualifies for content
				approval as indicated in paragraph (c) above and that awards academic credit
				for the distance education course; or
iii. A college that qualifies for content
				approval with a distance education delivery program that approves the course
				design and a delivery that incorporates interactivity.