Kan. Admin. Regs. § 117-3-1 - General classification; education requirements

(a) Each applicant shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Have a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university;

(2) have received credit for 300 classroom hours in the following subjects, as specified:

(A) 30 classroom hours in basic appraisal principles;

(B) 30 classroom hours in basic appraisal procedures;

(C) 15 classroom hours in the national uniform standards of professional appraisal practice course or its equivalent;

(D) 30 classroom hours in general appraisal market analysis and highest and best use;

(E) 15 classroom hours in statistics, modeling, and finance;

(F) 30 classroom hours in the general appraisal sales comparison approach;

(G) 30 classroom hours in the general appraisal site valuation and cost approach;

(H) 60 classroom hours in the general appraisal income approach;

(I) 30 classroom hours in general appraisal report writing and case studies; and

(J) 30 classroom hours in appraisal subject matter electives, which may include hours over the minimum specified in paragraphs (a)(2)(A) through (I); and

(3) provide evidence, satisfactory to the board, of one of the following:

(A) Successful completion of courses approved by the board as specified in paragraph (a)(2); or

(B) successful completion of courses not approved by the board, with evidence that the education covered all of the requirements specified in paragraph (a)(2).

(b) Credit toward the education requirements specified in paragraph (a)(2) may also be obtained by completing a degree in real estate from an accredited degree-granting college or university approved by the association to advance collegiate schools of business or a regional or national accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. secretary of education if the college or university has had its curriculum reviewed and approved by the appraiser qualifications board (AQB).

(c) Classroom hours may be obtained only if both of the following conditions are met:

(1) The length of the educational offering is at least 15 classroom hours.

(2) The applicant successfully completes an approved closed-book examination pertinent to that educational offering.

(d) The 300 classroom hours specified in paragraph (a)(2) may include a portion of the 150 classroom hours required for the licensed classification or the 200 classroom hours required for the residential classification.

(e)

(1) Any appraiser holding a valid state license as a real property appraiser may meet the educational requirements for the general classification by performing the following:

(A) Satisfying the college-level educational requirements as specified in paragraph (a)(1); and

(B) completing an additional 150 educational hours in the following subjects:

(i) 15 hours of general appraiser market analysis and highest and best use;

(ii) 15 hours of statistics, modeling, and finance;

(iii) 15 hours of general appraiser sales comparison approach;

(iv) 15 hours of general appraiser site valuation and cost approach;

(v) 45 hours of general appraiser income approach;

(vi) 15 hours of general appraiser report writing and case studies; and

(vii) 30 hours of appraisal subject matter electives.

(2) Any appraiser holding a valid residential real property appraiser credential may meet the educational requirements for the general classification by performing the following:

(A) Satisfying the college-level educational requirements as specified in paragraph (a)(1); and

(B) completing an additional 100 educational hours in the following subjects:

(i) 15 hours of general appraiser market analysis and highest and best use;

(ii) 15 hours of general appraiser sales comparison approach;

(iii) 15 hours of general appraiser site valuation and cost approach;

(iv) 45 hours of general appraiser income approach; and

(v) 10 hours of general appraiser report writing and case studies.

(f) A distance education course maybe deemed to meet the classroom hour requirement specified in paragraph (a)(2) if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The course provides an environment in which the student has verbal or written communication with the instructor.

(2) The sponsor obtains course content approval from any of the following:

(A) The appraiser qualifications board;

(B) an appraiser licensing or certifying agency in this or any other state; or

(C) an accredited college, community college, or university that offers distance education programs and is approved or accredited by the commission on colleges, a regional or national accreditation association, or an accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. secretary of education. Each non-academic credit college course provided by a college shall be approved by the appraiser qualifications board or the appraiser licensing or certifying agency in this or any other state.

(3) The course design and delivery are approved by one of the following sources:

(A) An appraiser qualifications board-approved organization;

(B) a college that qualifies for course content approval as specified in paragraph (f)(2)(C) that awards academic credit for the distance education course; or

(C) a college that qualifies for course content approval as specified in paragraph (f)(2)(C) with a distance education delivery program that approves the course design and includes a delivery system incorporating interactivity.

(g) Each distance education course intended for use as qualifying education shall include a written examination proctored by an official approved by the college or university or by the sponsor.

(h) Any applicant who has completed two or more courses generally comparable in content, meaning topics covered, may receive credit only for the longest of the comparable courses completed. The national uniform standards of professional appraisal practice course (USPAP) taken in different years shall not be considered repetitive.

This regulation shall be effective on and after January 1,2015.

Notes

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 117-3-1

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 58-4109; effective Jan. 21, 1991; amended, T-117-6-10-91, June 10, 1991; amended Aug. 5, 1991; amended May 24, 1993; amended Jan. 9,1998; amended March 26,1999; amended May 23, 2003; amended Jan. 1, 2008; amended July 10, 2009; amended April 16, 2010; amended by, Kansas Register Volume 33, No. 50, effective 1/1/2015.