Recertification – continuing education requirements

(a) In order to be recommended for recertification as a CCMA I or CCMA II, a person shall have completed at least fifty hours of property assessment or appraisal course(s) and/or workshop(s) during the five year period immediately preceding the date on which he or she submits an application for recertification. Any such course(s) and/or workshop(s) shall be subject to approval by the Committee. An instructor shall receive a recertification credit for each hour of instruction provided in the presentation of a course in the prescribed education program, or in conjunction with other assessment or appraisal courses as approved by the Committee, up to a maximum of thirty hours per course. (b) The Committee shall cause to be annually listed in a newsletter published by the Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers, Inc., the titles and sponsors of all such course(s) and/or workshop(s) that have, in the previous year, been approved as satisfying the continuing education requirements pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Said list shall also be provided to the Secretary. (c) A person having a CCMA I or CCMA II designation may make written application to the Committee requesting approval of any course(s) and/or workshop(s) not included in the list published pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Such application shall be accompanied by any related documentation the Committee may require. At the next regularly scheduled meeting following receipt of such application, the Committee shall consider the applicant's request. (d) The Committee may grant or deny an applicant's request for approval of such course(s) and/or workshop(s). Each applicant whose request is approved shall be sent written notification of such approval by the Committee chair, within one week of the adjournment of said meeting. If a request is denied, the Committee chair shall send written notification of such denial to the applicant, within two days of the adjournment of said meeting. Such notice shall be sent by courier service and shall include information as to how the applicant may request a reconsideration of said denial. (e) A person aggrieved by the Committee under subsection (d) of this section, may file a written request for reconsideration of such decision. Any such request, which shall include the reason(s) why the appellant believes such course(s) and/or workshop(s) should be approved, shall be sent by courier service to the Committee chair within seven days of the date of the notice of denial. The Committee shall meet for the purpose of reconsidering its decision, within thirty days after receiving such request. (f) The Committee may require the appellant to appear at such meeting, to answer any pertinent questions or to supply any additional information that may be required, provided he or she shall be given not less than forty-eight hours notice of the requirement to appear. The Committee's decision with regard to any such reconsideration shall be final. The Committee chair shall promptly notify the appellant of such decision in writing.