(a) A county director must be certified and file his or her certificate with the clerk of the county for which he or she serves within four years after he or she commences his or her term of office, subject to the interim certification requirements of section 8188-4.7 of this Subpart.

(b) A county director must be recertified upon a reappointment by successfully completing the ethics component within one year. Where there has been an interruption of continuous service of at least four years, a State certified county director must be recertified upon a reappointment by attending the orientation seminar and satisfying the certification criteria as provided in sections 8188-4.3, 8188-4.6 and 8188-4.7 of this Subpart within four years of returning to office.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) of this section an uncertified county director serving in a term of office which commenced prior to October 1, 2007 is required to complete the certification requirements prescribed in section 8188-4.6 of this Subpart. An uncertified county director must attain certification within four years and is subject to the interim certification requirements prescribed in section 8188-4.7 of this Subpart.

(d) Any uncertified county director 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. The fundamentals of tax mapping component successfully completed prior to 2008 may be accepted for the fundamentals of tax mapping. The fundamentals of tax collection and enforcement successfully completed prior to 2008 may be substituted for the fundamentals of tax collection and enforcement. Successful completion of the assessment administration, fundamentals of exemption administration and fundamentals of equalization components prior to 2008 will constitute satisfaction of the assessment administration component.

(e) 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 county director became subject to the provisions of this Subpart.

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

(g) If ethics training was successfully completed by a county director fulfilling a basic certification component and the county director is reappointed 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 four years prior to reappointment.

(h) A county director subject to the requirements of this Subpart shall not be required to take any additional training solely because of his or her appointment as county director in another county.