North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 57 - APPRAISAL BOARD › Subchapter A - REGISTRATION, LICENSING, CERTIFICATION AND PRACTICE › Section .0200 - TRAINEE REGISTRATION AND APPRAISER LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 57A .0204 - CONTINUING EDUCATION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) All registered
				  trainees, real estate appraiser licensees, and certificate holders shall, upon
				  the renewal of their registration, license, or certificate in every
				  odd-numbered year, have obtained continuing education, as required by this
				  Rule. Trainees and appraisers who initially registered with the Board after
				  January 1 of an odd numbered year are not required to obtain continuing
				  education for renewal of their registration in that odd numbered
				  year.
(b) Each trainee, licensee,
				  and certificate holder who is required to obtain continuing education pursuant
				  to Paragraph (a) of this Rule shall complete 28 hours of continuing education
				  before June 1 of every odd numbered year. Except as provided in Paragraphs (g)
				  and (h) of this Rule, such education shall have been obtained by taking courses
				  approved by the Board for continuing education credit, at schools approved by
				  the Board to offer such courses, as set forth in
				  21 NCAC
				  57B .0603. Such education shall relate to
				  real estate appraisers maintaining and increasing their skill, knowledge, and
				  competency in real property appraising. There is no exemption from the
				  continuing education requirement for trainees or appraisers whose status has
				  been upgraded to the level of licensed residential, certified residential, or
				  certified general appraiser, since the issuance or most recent renewal of their
				  registration, license, or certificate. Trainees, licensees, and certificate
				  holders shall not take the same continuing education course more than once
				  during the two-year continuing education cycle.
(c) Each appraisal continuing education
				  course shall include a minimum of two classroom hours of instruction on real
				  estate appraisal or related topics, as set forth in the Real Property Appraiser
				  Qualification Criteria as implemented by The Appraisal Foundation's Appraiser
				  Qualifications Board.
(d) Each
				  trainee, licensee, and certificate holder who is required to obtain continuing
				  education pursuant to Paragraph (a) of this Rule shall, as part of the 28 hours
				  of continuing education required in Paragraph (b) of this Rule, complete the
				  seven hour National USPAP update course between October 1 of an odd-numbered
				  year and June 1 of an even numbered year, as required by the Appraiser
				  Qualifications Board of the Appraisal Foundation. Each trainee, licensee, and
				  certificate holder shall take the most recent USPAP update course prior to June
				  1 of every even numbered year.
(e)
				  A trainee, licensee, or certificate holder who completes approved continuing
				  education courses in excess of the requirement shall not carry over into the
				  subsequent years any continuing education credit.
(f) Course sponsors shall provide a
				  certificate of course completion to each trainee, licensee, and certificate
				  holder who completes a course, as set forth in
				  21 NCAC
				  57B .0603. In addition, course sponsors shall
				  send to the Board a roster of all who completed the course. This roster shall
				  be sent within 15 days of completion of the course. In order to renew a
				  registration, license, or certificate in a timely manner, the Board shall
				  receive proof of satisfaction of the continuing education requirement prior to
				  processing a registration, license, or certificate renewal application. Proof
				  of satisfaction shall be made by receipt of a roster from a school or course
				  sponsor showing the courses completed by the applicant or by submission of an
				  original certificate of course completion. If proof of having satisfied the
				  continuing education requirement is not provided, the registration, license, or
				  certificate shall expire and the trainee, licensee, or certificate holder shall
				  be subject to the provisions of Rules .0203(e) and .0206 of this
				  Section.
(g) A current or former
				  trainee, licensee, or certificate holder may request that the Board grant
				  continuing education credit for a course that has been completed but is not
				  approved by the Board, or for appraisal education activity equivalent to a
				  Board approved course, by making such request and submitting a non-refundable
				  fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) as set out in
				  G.S.
				  93E-1-8(d) for each course
				  or type of appraisal education activity to be evaluated. Continuing education
				  credit for a non-approved course shall be granted only if the trainee,
				  licensee, or certificate holder provides proof of course completion and the
				  Board finds that the course satisfies the requirements for approval of
				  appraisal continuing education courses with regard to subject matter, course
				  length, instructor qualifications, and student attendance, as set forth in
				  21 NCAC
				  57B .0603. Appraisal education activities for
				  which credit may be awarded include teaching appraisal courses, authorship of
				  appraisal textbooks, and development of instructional materials on appraisal
				  subjects. Up to 14 hours of continuing education credit may be granted in each
				  continuing education cycle for participation in appraisal education activities.
				  Trainees, licensed or certified appraisers who have taught an appraisal course
				  approved by the Board for continuing education credit are deemed to have taken
				  an equivalent course and are not subject to the fee prescribed in
				  G.S.
				  93E-1-8(d), provided they
				  submit verification of having taught the course(s). A trainee, licensee, or
				  certificate holder who teaches a Board approved continuing education course
				  shall not receive continuing education credit for the same course more than
				  once every two years, regardless of how often he or she teaches the course.
				  Requests for equivalent approval for continuing education credit shall be
				  received before June 15 of an odd-numbered year to be credited towards the
				  continuing education requirement for that odd-numbered year.
(h) A trainee, licensee, or certificate
				  holder may receive continuing education credit by taking any of the Board
				  approved precertification courses, other than Basic Appraisal Principles and
				  Basic Appraisal Procedures, or their approved equivalents. Trainees, licensees,
				  and certificate holders who wish to use a precertification course for
				  continuing education credit shall comply with the provisions of
				  21 NCAC
				  57B .0604.
(i) A licensee or certificate holder who
				  resides in another state, and is currently credentialed in another state, may
				  satisfy the continuing education requirements by submitting an affidavit which
				  lists the course provider, title, hours, and date of completion of all
				  continuing education completed within the current continuing education cycle.
				  The Board will audit no less than ten percent of licensees who renew with an
				  affidavit. A licensee or certificate holder who became licensed in North
				  Carolina by licensure or certification with another state and now resides in
				  North Carolina may renew by affidavit for his or her first renewal as a
				  resident of North Carolina only if the appraiser moved to North Carolina on or
				  after January 1 of an odd-numbered year. If an appraiser was a resident of this
				  state before January 1 of an odd-numbered year, the appraiser shall comply with
				  the requirements of this section regardless of how the license or certificate
				  was obtained.
(j) A trainee,
				  licensee, or certificate holder who returns from active military duty on or
				  after February 1 of an odd-numbered year may renew his or her registration,
				  license, or certificate in that odd-numbered year even if the required
				  continuing education is not completed before June 1 of that year. All required
				  continuing education shall be completed within 180 days of when the trainee,
				  licensee, or certificate holder returns from active duty. The Board may revoke
				  the registration, license, or certificate in accordance with 93E-1-12 if the
				  required continuing education is not completed within 180 days. This Paragraph
				  applies to an individual who is serving in the armed forces of the United
				  States and to whom
				  G.S.
				  105-249.2 grants an extension of time to file
				  a tax return.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 93B-15;
					 93E-1-7(a);
					 93E-1-10;
Eff. July
					 1, 1994;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2014; January 1, 2013; July 1, 2011;
					 July 1, 2010; January 1, 2008; March 1, 2007; March 1, 2006; July 1, 2005; July
					 1, 2003; August 1, 2002; April 1, 1999;
Pursuant to G.S.
					 150B.21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. October
					 3, 2017;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2022; July 1, 2019; July 1,
					 2018.