22 Tex. Admin. Code § 153.13 - Education Required for Licensing
(a)
Applicants for a license must meet all educational requirements established by
the AQB.
(b) The Board may accept a
course of study to satisfy educational requirements for licensing established
by the Act or by this section if the Board has approved the course and
determined it to be a course related to real estate appraisal.
(c) The Board will approve courses for
licensing upon a determination of the Board that:
(1) the subject matter of the course was
appraisal related;
(2) the course
was offered by an accredited college or university, or the course was approved
by the AQB under its course approval process as a qualifying education
course;
(3) the applicant obtained
credit received in a classroom presentation the hours of instruction for which
credit was given and successfully completed a final examination for course
credit except as specified in subsection (i) of this section (relating to
distance education); and
(4) the
course was at least 15 classroom hours in duration, including time devoted to
examinations that are considered to be part of the course.
(d) The Board may require an applicant to
furnish materials such as course outlines, syllabi, course descriptions or
official transcripts to verify course content or credit.
(e) Course providers may obtain prior
approval of a course by filing forms prescribed by the Board and submitting a
letter indicating that the course has been approved by the AQB under its course
approval process. Approval of a course based on AQB approval expires on the
date the AQB approval expires and is automatically revoked upon revocation of
the AQB approval.
(f) If the
transcript reflects the actual hours of instruction the student received from
an acceptable provider, the Board will accept classroom hour units of
instruction as shown on the transcript or other document evidencing course
credit. Fifteen classroom hours of credit may be awarded for one academic
semester hour of credit.
(g)
Distance education courses may be acceptable to meet the classroom hour
requirement, or its equivalent, provided that the course is approved by the
Board, that a minimum time equal to the number of hours of credit elapses from
the date of course enrollment until its completion, and that the course meets
the criteria listed in paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection.
(1) The course must have been presented by an
accredited college or university that offers distance education programs in
other disciplines; and
(A) the person has
successfully completed a written examination administered to the positively
identified person at a location and proctored by an official approved by the
college or university; and
(B) the
content and length of the course must meet the requirements for real estate
appraisal related courses established by this chapter and by the requirements
for qualifying education established by the AQB and is equivalent to a minimum
of 15 classroom hours.
(2) The course has received approval for
academic credit or has been approved under the AQB Course Approval program; and
(A) the person successfully completes a
written examination proctored by an official approved by the presenting
entity;
(B) the course meets the
requirements for qualifying education established by the AQB; and
(C) is equivalent to a minimum of fifteen
classroom hours.
(h) "In-house" education and training is not
acceptable for meeting the educational requirements for licensure.
(i) To meet the USPAP educational
requirements, a course must:
(1) utilize the
"National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Course"
promulgated by the Appraisal Foundation, including the Student Manual and
Instructor Manual; or
(2) be an
equivalent USPAP course as determined by the AQB that:
(A) is devoted to the USPAP with a minimum of
15 classroom hours of instruction;
(B) uses the current edition of the USPAP
promulgated by the ASB; and
(C)
provides each student with his or her own permanent copy of the current edition
of the USPAP promulgated by the ASB
(j) Unless authorized by law, neither current
members of the Board nor those Board staff engaged in the approval of courses
or educational qualifications of applicants or license holders shall be
eligible to teach or guest lecture as part of an education course approved for
licensing.
(k) If the Board
determines that a course no longer complies with the requirements for approval,
it may suspend or revoke the approval. Proceedings to suspend or revoke
approval of a course shall be conducted in accordance with the Board's
disciplinary provisions for licenses.
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