Certification and Licensure Examinations

PURPOSE: This rule establishes how and by whom the appraiser examinations shall be given. The requirements, fees, and prohibitions are included in this rule. (1) The form, content, method of administration, passing standards, and schedule of written certification and licensure examinations shall be determined by the commission and the date and place of examinations shall be announced as far in advance as is practicable. In conducting examinations, the commission may utilize professional computerized testing services. (2) Oral examinations will be administered only in exceptional cases involving blindness, extreme physical impairment, or other unusual and extenuating circumstances as may be approved by the commission. (3) Fees payable by applicants for certification and licensure examinations shall be those established from time-to-time by the agency or testing service administering the examination. The amounts of those fees shall be subject to the approval of the commission but shall be separate and apart from any other fee required to be paid under the provisions of these rules and the license law. Payment of an examination fee will allow an applicant to be scheduled for only one (1) examination. Any applicant who fails to appear after being notified to take an examination shall forfeit the fee paid for the examination. (4) Every certification and licensure application shall be accompanied by proof acceptable to the commission that the applicant successfully has completed the prescribed courses in a school approved by the commission. (5) No applicant shall be permitted to take any memoranda, pamphlet, book, or paper into an examination room and otherwise shall be subject to the rules imposed by the administrator of the examination. If any applicant gives or receives any assistance while taking an examination or copies any part of any examination paper, this act shall be reason to deny issuance of a certificate or license to the applicant(s) involved. (6) Any applicant for certification and licensure who fails to take an examination within one (1) year from the original date the application was submitted shall reapply to the commission and pay all appropriate fees. The commission may waive these requirements as deemed necessary. (7) After failing an examination, any applicant for certification and licensure who does not reapply to take the examination and pay the applicable examination fee within ninety (90) days shall be required to apply for the certificate or license from the beginning, including the application fee. AUTHORITY: sections 339.509, 339.515, and 339.517, RSMo 2016.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 245-3.020. Emergency rule filed Dec. 6, 1990, effective Dec. 16, 1990, expired April 14, 1991. Emergency rule filed April 4, 1991, effective April 14, 1991, expired Aug. 11, 1991. Original rule filed Jan. 3, 1991, effective April 29, 1991. Amended: Filed July 21, 1992, effective April 8, 1993. Moved to 20 CSR 2245-3.020, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Nov. 21, 2006, effective July 30, 2007. Amended: Filed Dec. 30, 2021, effective June 30, 2022. *Original authority: 339.509, RSMo 1990, amended 1998, 2012; 339.515, RSMo 1990, amended 1998, 2005, 2012; and 339.517, RSMo 1990, amended 1990, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2012.