Haw. Code R. § 16-114-22 - Approval of course providers or courses

(a) Colleges, universities, community colleges, and junior colleges accredited by nationally recognized accreditation organizations and state or federal agencies or commissions are approved course providers.

(b) Real estate appraiser associations or real estate related organizations, proprietary schools, and others shall be approved provided the course provider or the course offered by the course provider has been endorsed by the Appraisal Foundation or the Appraiser Qualifications Board Course Approval Program and proof of the endorsement is filed with the director.

(c) Real estate appraiser associations or real estate related organizations, proprietary schools, and other providers may be approved by the director provided the course provider submits the course description, course objectives, detailed course schedule which includes the number of minutes spent on each topic, course material, application fee, and instructor qualifications to teach the course, and agrees to:

(1) Submit, upon request, the copy of the course examination for review;

(2) Provide within sixty days of completion of the course or the examination, completion certificates to attendees which shall include information regarding the number of classroom hours, whether there was successful passage of the course examination and the index number assigned to the course by the director;

(3) Permit, upon request, the director or the director's representative to audit the course at no cost to the director or the director's representative;

(4) Allow nonmembers of the association or organization to apply for the course without membership in the association or organization on the same terms and conditions as members of the association or organization;

(5) Keep attendance records for a minimum of three years; and

(6) Meet the requirements of section 16-114-23.5.

(d) Completion certificates shall be issued only if the attendee physically attended one hundred per cent of the classroom hours.

(e) Attendees may take no more than one make-up examination provided the examination is taken within ninety days of the ending date of the course.

(f) Upon approval of the course, an index number shall be assigned to indicate approval. The approval shall be valid only until December 31 of the odd-numbered year; provided that the national USPAP course shall be valid until December 31 of each year.

(g) Courses offered in another jurisdiction shall be approved, provided that the course has been approved by the other jurisdiction and meets the requirements of section 16-114-21.

Notes

Haw. Code R. § 16-114-22

[Eff 3/11/91; am and comp 9/23/91; am and comp 4/17/98; am and comp 1/10/09; comp 8/27/12] (Auth: HRS § 466K-3) (Imp: HRS § 466K-3)

The amended version of this section by Hawaii Administrative Rules Listing of Filings, 2016-01, November, eff. 11/27/2016 is not yet available.