21 NCAC 57B .0307. CRITERIA FOR COURSE RECOGNITION

(a)  Schools and course sponsors seeking to offer appraiser qualifying courses shall make written application to the Board and pay applicable fees as required by G.S. 93E-1-8(b).  The application may be accessed at the Board's website at www.nappraisalboard.org .

(b)  Appraisal subject matter electives offered for qualifying credit shall meet all other requirements of this Chapter. The content of these electives shall be directly related to the appraisal of real property to be approved for credit. Appraisal subject matter elective courses shall contain a minimum of 15 hours.  

(c)  Various combinations of courses may be recognized as equivalent to the appraiser qualifying courses specified in 57B .0101, .0102 and .0103.

(d)  The 15 hour USPAP course shall be the 15-hour National USPAP Course approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board of the Appraisal Foundation, or its equivalent.

(e)  The application shall state the name of the instructor for the course.  All instructors shall be approved by the Board pursuant to 57B .0306(h).  After the course is approved, if a school or course sponsor wishes to change instructors, the school shall notify the Board of the name of the new instructor at least seven calendar days before the proposed change would take effect. If the proposed instructor is not currently approved in accordance with 57B .0306(h), the instructor shall be approved by the Board before the school or course sponsor may change instructors. 

(f)  Course sponsors may offer all qualifying classes other than Residential Sales Comparison and Income Approach class and the General Appraiser Income Approach class on-line via the Internet. The Board shall be provided access to the course via the internet at a date and time satisfactory to the Board and shall not be charged any fee for such access. To be approved for credit, an on-line qualifying education course shall meet all of the conditions imposed by the Rules in this Subchapter in advance, except where otherwise noted. The course shall be interactive, permitting the participant to communicate, via telephone, electronic mail, or a website bulletin board, with the presenter and other participants. The sponsor of an on-line course shall have a method for recording and verifying attendance.  A participant may periodically log on and off of an on-line course provided the total time spent participating in the course is equal to or exceeds the credit hours assigned to the program. The course design and delivery mechanism for an on-line course offered on the Internet shall have received approval from the International Distance Education Certification Center (IDECC). Information about the IDECC may be found on their website at www.idecc.org.  A course completion certificate shall be forwarded to the student as stated in Rule .0303(e) of this Section.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 93E-1-8(a); 93E-1-10;

Eff. July 1, 1994;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2014; July 1, 2010; September 1, 2008; January 1, 2008; August 1, 2002.