(a) For purposes of the training and certification of assessors, there shall be no classification of assessing units. For purposes of the training and certification of assessors, this Subpart applies to assessors outside the City of New York, except as prescribed in Subpart 8188-1 of this Part. Assessors employed in New York City are covered by requirements prescribed in Subpart 8188-8 of this Part.

(b) Each assessor must attain certification as a State certified assessor within three years of beginning his or her initial term of office. An assessor who begins a new term of office without having attained certification during a prior term of office must attain certification within 12 months of beginning this new term, but in no event shall any assessor be required to attain certification in less than 36 months of time in office, subject to the interim certification requirements of section 8188-2.7 of this Subpart.

(c) A State certified assessor must be recertified upon a reappointment or reelection by successfully completing the ethics component within one year.

(d) Where there has been an interruption of continuous service of at least four years, a State certified assessor must be recertified upon an appointment or election by attending the orientation seminar within one month, if practicable, of the commencement of his or her certification requirement, but in no event any later than February 1st of the year succeeding commencement of that requirement and satisfying the certification criteria as provided in sections 8188-2.2, 8188-2.6 and 8188-2.7 of this Subpart within three years of returning to office.

(e) For an individual appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office of assessor, the commencement of his or her certification requirement is the next January 1st following that appointment.

(f) Any uncertified assessor serving during 2007 whose training requirement has commenced may substitute the introduction to real estate appraisal component, the valuation principles and procedures component and the introduction to income valuation component to satisfy the cost, market and income approach to value component. In addition, the introduction to mass appraisal component, successfully completed prior to 2008 may be accepted for the introduction to mass appraisal component. The introduction to farm appraisal component successfully completed prior to 2008 may be accepted for the introduction to farm appraisal component. Successful completion of the assessment administration and fundamentals of exception administration component prior to 2008 will constitute satisfaction of the assessment administration component.

(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (b) of this section, an uncertified assessor serving in a term which commenced prior to October 1, 2007 is required to complete the certification requirements prescribed in section 8188-2.6 of this Subpart. An uncertified assessor must attain certification within three years and is subject to the interim certification requirements prescribed in section 8188-2.7 of this Subpart.

(h) In no event will successful completion of the assessment administration component be accepted if it was completed more than four years prior to the date that the assessor became subject to the provisions of this Subpart.

(i) An individual may successfully complete an approved ethics component training session prior to his or her reappointment or reelection to office. In no event will any ethics training be accepted that was completed more than one year prior to his or her reappointment or reelection to office, except as stated in subdivision (j) of this section.

(j) If ethics training was successfully completed by an assessor fulfilling a basic certification component and the assessor is reappointed or reelected before attaining basic certification, the ethics component does not need to be repeated if it was successfully completed more than one year but less than three years prior to reelection or reappointment.

(k) An assessor subject to the requirements of this Subpart shall not be required to take any additional training solely because of his or her appointment or election as assessor in another assessing unit, except as provided in section 8188-2.6(b)(6) of this Subpart.