| (a) General Real Estate Appraiser Certification. (1) Applicants for General Real Estate Appraiser Certification must have successfully completed 165 (180, effective January 1, 1998) classroom hours in courses approved by the board which meet the requirements as set out in subsections (d)-(n) of this section. (2) Of these 165 (180, effective January 1, 1998) classroom hours, at least 30 classroom hours must be in fundamental real estate appraisal courses and at least 15 classroom hours must be in a class devoted to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. (b) Residential Real Estate Appraiser Certification. (1) Applicants for Residential Real Estate Appraiser Certification must have successfully completed 120 classroom hours in courses approved by the board which meet the requirements as set out in subsections (d)-(n) of this section. (2) Of these 120
classroom hours, at least 30 classroom hours must be in fundamental real estate appraisal courses and at least 15 classroom hours must be in a class devoted to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. (c) Real Estate Appraiser License or Provisional License. (1) Applicants for a Real Estate Appraiser License or Provisional License must have successfully completed 75 (90, effective January 1, 1998) classroom hours in courses approved by the board which meet the requirements as set out in subsections (d)-(p) of this section. (2) Of these 75 (90, effective January 1, 1998) classroom hours, at least 30 classroom hours must be in fundamental real estate appraisal courses and at least 15 classroom hours must be in a class devoted to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. (d) The board may accept a course of study to satisfy educational requirements for certification or licensing
established by the Act or by this section if the board has approved the course and determined it to be a course related to real estate appraisal. (e) The board may approve courses submitted or to be submitted by applicants for appraiser certification upon a determination of the board that: (1) the subject matter of the course was appraisal-related; provided that core real estate courses set forth in Texas Civil Statutes, Article 6573a, §7(a)(1)-(4), (6), (8), and (9), shall be deemed appraisal-related; (2) the course was offered by an accredited college or university, a school accredited by a real estate or appraiser certification or licensing agency of another state, a professional trade association, or a service-related school such as the United States Armed Forces Institute; or the course was offered or approved by a federal agency or commission or by an agency of this state; (3) the applicant
either obtained credit by challenge examination as permitted by the Act, §24(d), or received in a classroom presentation the hours of instruction for which credit was given and successfully completed a final examination for course credit; and (4) the course was at least 15 classroom hours in duration, which includes time devoted to examinations which are considered to be part of the course. (f) For the purposes of this section, a professional trade association is a nonprofit, cooperative, and voluntarily joined association of business or professional competitors that is designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting the common interest of its members. (g) The board may require an applicant to furnish materials such as course outlines, syllabi, course descriptions or official transcripts to verify course content or credit.
(h) Course providers may obtain prior approval of a course by filing form TALCB 5.0 and submitting the following items to the board: (1) a copy of any textbook, course outline, syllabus, or other written material used in the course; (2) a copy of the question and answers to the written final examination; and (3) such prior approval of courses will remain in effect for a period of two years after the date of approval. (i) The board shall accept classroom hour units of instruction as shown on the transcript or other document evidencing course credit if the transcript reflects the actual hours of instruction the student received. Fifteen classroom hours of credit may be awarded for one semester hour of credit from an acceptable provider. Ten classroom hours of credit may be awarded for one quarter hour of credit from an acceptable provider. Ten classroom hours of credit may be awarded for each
continuing education credit from an acceptable provider. The board may not accept courses repeated within three years of the original offering unless the subject matter has changed significantly. (j) Teachers of appraisal courses may receive credit for either classroom hours or experience, but not for both. After January 1, 1998, teaching of appraisal courses will not be acceptable for meeting the experience requirement. Applicants must provide documentation as requested by the board to establish credit for teaching appraisal courses. Education credit for teaching a particular course may be claimed only once in each three year period. (k) Correspondence courses may be acceptable in the following conditions: (1) the course must have been presented by an accredited college or university which offers correspondence programs in other disciplines; (2) an individual has successfully completed a written examination
administered to positively identified examinees at a location and by an official approved by the college or university; (3) the content and length of the course must meet the requirements for real estate appraisal related courses established by the chapter and by the Appraiser Qualifications Board of the Appraisal Foundation; and (4) a correspondence course also may be acceptable provided the course has received the American Council on Education's Program on Non-collegiate Sponsored Instructions (PONS) approval for college credit. (l) "In-house" education and training is not acceptable for meeting the educational requirements for certification or licensure. (m) To be acceptable for meeting the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) educational requirement, a course must: (1) Be devoted to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) with a
minimum of 15 classroom hours of instruction; (2) Use the current edition of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) promulgated by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation; (3) Provide each student with his or her own permanent copy of the current Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) promulgated by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation; and (4) At a minimum be based on the topics covered by the Appraisal Standards Board (ASB) Instructor's Manual. This section does not limit additional USPAP topics to be covered in the course. (n) Courses specifically approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board (AQB) of the Appraisal Foundation.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §153.13 adopted to be effective March 2, 1992, 17 TexReg 1231; amended to be effective November 10, 1993, 18 TexReg 7542; amended to be effective January 1, 1994, 18 TexReg 9930; amended to be effective September 1, 1995, 20 TexReg 6202; amended to be effective March 1, 1997, 22 TexReg 1717.
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