Washington Administrative Code › Title 308 - Licensing, Department of (See also Titles 36, 98 and 196) › Chapter 308-125 - Real estate appraisers › Section 308-125-090 - Continuing education required

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) As a prerequisite to renewal of an active
			 or inactive certification, licensure, or registration, the holder of a
			 certificate, license, or registration shall present evidence satisfactory to
			 the director of successful completion of the continuing education requirements
			 of this section.
(2) The continuing
			 education requirements for renewal of an active or inactive certification,
			 licensure, or registration shall be the completion by the applicant of
			 twenty-eight hours of instruction in courses or seminars which have received
			 the approval of the director. Courses must be completed within the term of
			 certification, licensure, or registration immediately preceding renewal. An
			 applicant shall not receive credit in consecutive renewals for courses that
			 have the same or very similar content and are deemed comparable by the
			 department. The holder of a certificate, license, or registration will present
			 evidence of successful completion of the seven-hour National USPAP update
			 course or its equivalent.
(3) In
			 order for courses or seminars to be accepted under subsection (2) of this
			 section, the course or seminar must be a minimum of two hours in length and be
			 directly related to real estate appraising. However, a maximum of one-half of
			 the continuing education hours required for renewal can be in two-hour seminars
			 or courses.
(4) An examination is
			 not required for courses or seminars taken for continuing education classroom
			 hours.
(5) Up to one-half of the
			 requirement under subsection (2) of this section may be met by participation
			 other than as a student in educational process and programs approved by the
			 director including teaching, program development, and authorship of textbooks
			 and other written instructional materials. A licensee or certificate holder may
			 receive continuing education credit for teaching an approved real estate
			 appraisal course. Once a licensee or certificate holder has received credit for
			 teaching an approved real estate appraiser course, the credential holder shall
			 not receive credit for teaching that course or any substantially similar course
			 on any subsequent occasion, with the exception of the Uniform Standards of
			 Professional Appraisal Practice, USPAP, 7-hour update.
(6) Courses or seminars taken to satisfy the
			 continuing education requirement for real estate appraisers, should include
			 coverage of real estate appraisal related topics, such as:
(a) Ad valorem taxation.
(b) Arbitrations, dispute
			 resolution.
(c) Business courses
			 related to practice of real estate appraisal and consulting.
(d) Construction estimating.
(e) Ethics and standards of professional
			 practice, USPAP.
(f) Land use
			 planning, zoning, and taxation.
(g)
			 Management, leasing, brokerage, timesharing.
(h) Property development, partial
			 interests.
(i) Real estate
			 appraisal (valuations/evaluations).
(j) Real estate financing and
			 investment.
(k) Real estate law,
			 easements and legal interests.
(l)
			 Real estate litigation, damages and condemnation.
(m) Real estate related computer
			 applications.
(n) Real estate
			 securities and syndication.
(o)
			 Real property exchange.
(p)
			 Appraisal and consulting report writing.
(q) Green buildings.
(r) Seller concessions.
(s) Developing opinions of real property
			 value in appraisals that also include personal property and/or business
			 value.
(t) Such other presentations
			 approved by the director.