(a) Basic and continuing education accreditation requirements shall be as follows:
(1) Each course sponsor shall provide a copy of each of the following to each student upon enrollment:
(B) Enrollment fee refund policy; and
(2) Each completion certificate shall be completed under penalty of perjury and include the following:
(A) Bureau course approval number;
(B) Name and address of student;
(D) Statement that course was either correspondence or classroom attended;
(E) Dates of course completion and date of successful completion of basic education final examination;
(F) For continuing education courses, a statement that the student was in attendance at least 90% of class time;
(G) Identity and signature of verifier of course completion; and
(H) The course sponsor may include such additional information in this document as it deems necessary.
(3) Participants shall be physically present during at least 90% of the offering time (54 minutes out of each 60 minutes of instruction time), exclusive of the time allocated to the administering of a basic education final examination; and
(4) Each instructor shall have at least one of the following:
(A) A bachelor's degree or higher degree in a field related to real estate appraising from a school listed as an institution of higher learning by the U.S. Office of Education, or from a comparable school of a foreign country;
(B) A valid teaching credential or certificate authorizing the holder to teach in the field of knowledge covered in the offering;
(C) Five years full-time experience in the field being taught; or
(D) A combination of full-time experience and full time college-level education totaling at least five years.
(b) In addition to (a) above, requirements for basic education accreditation shall be as follows:
(1) Each course shall have a final exam per AQB established appraiser qualification criteria; and
(2) Examination questions to be included in the final examination shall not be reviewed with students before, during or after the course.
(3) Each course shall meet the minimum course length requirements established by AQB.
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Sections 11313, 11314 and 11361, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 11360, Business and Professions Code.
1. Renumbering and amendment of former section 3534 to new section 3661 filed 11-1-96; operative 11-1-96 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 96, No. 44). For prior history, see Register 94, No. 23.
2. Amendment of subsection (a)(3) filed 8-24-2010; operative 9-23-2010 (Register 2010, No. 35).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a)(2)(A) filed 2-11-2014 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2014, No. 7).
This database is current through 5/24/24 Register 2024, No. 21.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 10, § 3661, 10 CA ADC § 3661
