Continuing education requirements

1. Requirements. Continuing education shall be established by the "Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria and Interpretation of the Criteria, Effective May 1, 2018", appraiser qualifications board, appraisal foundation, with the exception that the board has set the minimum level at twenty-eight hours over a two-year education renewal period. Of the twenty-eight hours, appraisers must complete the seven-hour national uniform standards of professional appraisal practice update course, or its equivalent, every two years. Equivalency must be determined through the appraisal qualifications board course approval program or by an alternate method approved by the appraisal qualifications board. Fourteen hours of the twenty-eight hours must include appraisal-specific education related to the valuation of real estate, and seven hours may be comprised of appraisal-related subject matter, approved as such by the board. a. The necessary twenty-eight hours may be obtained at any time during the two-year renewal period, except for the required national uniform standards of professional appraisal practice requirement. b. Verification of the necessary twenty-eight hours must be submitted by the end of the two-year renewal period. c. All continuing education courses taken in this state must be approved by the board. d. Courses taken out of this state may be approved for credit, provided the state in which the course was taken has approved the course for appraiser education. e. A course which has not had prior approval may be approved on an individual basis. f. Four hours of continuing education credit, per continuing education cycle, may be granted for attendance at a face-to-face meeting of the board of at least four hours. The attendee must attend the meeting in its entirety. g. Courses that have received approval by the appraiser qualifications board of the appraisal foundation through the appraiser qualifications course approval program may be accepted by the board without additional state review.