Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - REAL PROPERTY APPRAISER BOARD › Title 298 - NEBRASKA REAL PROPERTY APPRAISER BOARD › Chapter 4 - RENEWAL OF REAL PROPERTY APPRAISER CREDENTIAL › Section 298-4-001 - CONTINUING EDUCATION

Current through June 17, 2024
Every credential holder other than a temporary credential
				  holder must satisfactorily complete no fewer than twenty-eight hours of
				  approved continuing education activities in each two-year continuing education
				  period. The basic requirements for continuing education are found in NEB. REV.
				  STAT. §
									76-2236. Except for the seven-hour
				  National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Update course,
				  hours may be completed at any time during the two-year continuing education
				  period.
001.01 The seven-hour National
				Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Update course or the
				seven-hour Instructor Recertification course must be completed at least once
				every two calendar years. The two-year period for this course begins one day
				after the course was last completed, or one day after a new credential is
				issued by the Board. A document certifying completion of the seven-hour
				National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Update course, or
				evidence of instructor certification by the Appraiser Qualifications Board,
				shall be submitted by December 31 of the year in which the course is
				required.
001.02 Except for the
				seven-hour National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Update
				course, evidence of continuing education completion may be submitted to the
				Board's office at any time during credential holder's two-year continuing
				education period.
001.03 Except for
				the seven-hour National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
				Update course, and any activity approved by the Board on an annual basis in
				which the content changes on an annual basis, any education activity of the
				same content, or in the opinion of the Board indistinguishable in content,
				cannot be used toward meeting the continuing education requirements within the
				same two-year continuing education period.
001.04 Evidence of participation as a student
				in each board-approved education activity submitted for continuing education
				credit includes a document of completion from the education provider that
				affirms successful completion of each activity.
001.05 Evidence of attendance at an education
				activity sponsored or conducted by the Board submitted for continuing education
				credit includes a document of completion from the Board that affirms attendance
				of such activity. The document is required to include the name of credential
				holder, name of activity, location of activity, activity attendance date(s),
				number of hours completed, and signature of the Board's director.
001.06 Evidence of participation, other than
				as a student, in real property appraisal practice education processes and
				programs includes a written description of the process or program and the
				credential holder's participation, along with any documents supporting the
				credential holder's participation. Evidence may include, but is not limited to,
				documentation showing hours of instruction and evidence of activity offering,
				program documents developed by the credential holder with evidence supporting
				credential holder's participation, and/or credit awarded for authorship or
				participation in publication.
001.07 Any education activity successfully
				completed to make up a deficiency of the continuing education requirements in a
				two-year continuing education period may not be used toward the continuing
				education requirements in the subsequent continuing education period.
001.08 Any education activity successfully
				completed as a result of disciplinary action taken by the Board may not be used
				toward the continuing education requirements.
001.09
Individual Program of Continuing
				Education
001.09A The Board may adopt
				an individual program of continuing education for a credential holder, that is
				compliant with Appraiser Qualifications Board criteria for continuing
				education, upon receipt of a written request from the credential holder
				explaining:
(1) The circumstances resulting in
				the request,
(2) Why an exception
				should be made,
(3) How an
				individual program of continuing education would benefit the credential holder,
				and
(4) The requested duration of
				such individual program of continuing education.