Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 130 - REAL ESTATE APPRAISER BOARD › Chapter 20 - REAL ESTATE APPRAISER BOARD RULES AND REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards › Section 18VAC130-20-190 - Standards of conduct for certified appraiser education instructors

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Instructors
				  shall develop a record for each student which shall include the student's name
				  and address, the course name, the course hours and dates given, and the date
				  the course was passed. This record shall be retained by the course
				  provider.
B. The instructor shall
				  not solicit information from any person for the purpose of discovering past
				  licensing examination questions or questions which may be used in future
				  licensing examinations.
C. The
				  instructor shall not distribute to any person copies of license examination
				  questions, or otherwise communicate to any person license examination
				  questions, without receiving the prior written approval of the copyright owner
				  to distribute or communicate those questions.
D. The instructor shall not, through an agent
				  or otherwise, advertise its services in a fraudulent, deceptive or
				  misrepresentative manner.
E.
				  Instructors shall not take any appraiser licensing examination for any purpose
				  other than to obtain a license as a real estate appraiser.
F. Prohibited acts.
1. The instructor shall act as a certified
				  general real estate appraiser, certified residential real estate appraiser, or
				  licensed residential real estate appraiser in such a manner as to safeguard the
				  interests of the public and shall not engage in improper, fraudulent, or
				  dishonest conduct.
2. The
				  instructor may not have been convicted, found guilty, or pled guilty,
				  regardless of adjudication, in any jurisdiction of the United States of a
				  misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or of any felony there being no appeal
				  pending therefrom or the time for appeal having elapsed. Any plea of nolo
				  contendere shall be considered a conviction for the purposes of this
				  subdivision. A certified copy of a final order, decree, or case decision by a
				  court with the lawful authority to issue such order, decree, or case decision
				  shall be admissible as prima facie evidence of such guilt.
3. The instructor shall inform the board in
				  writing within 30 days of pleading guilty or nolo contendere or being convicted
				  or found guilty, regardless of adjudication, of any felony or of a misdemeanor
				  involving moral turpitude.
4. The
				  instructor may not have had a license or certification as a real estate
				  appraiser that has been (i) suspended, revoked, or surrendered in connection
				  with a disciplinary action or (ii) the subject of discipline in any
				  jurisdiction.
5. The instructor
				  shall inform the board in writing within 30 days of the suspension, revocation,
				  or surrender of an appraiser license or certification in connection with a
				  disciplinary action in any other jurisdiction, and a licensee shall inform the
				  board in writing within 30 days of any appraiser license or certification that
				  has been the subject of discipline in any jurisdiction.
6. The instructor, who is also a licensed
				  appraiser, shall perform all appraisals in accordance with Virginia Fair
				  Housing Law (§ 36-96.1 et seq. of the Code of Virginia).
7. The instructor shall respond to an inquiry
				  by the board or its agents within 21 days.
8. The instructor shall not provide false,
				  misleading, or incomplete information in the investigation of a complaint filed
				  with the board.