Utah Admin. Code R162-2g-307c - Pre-licensing Course Certification
(1) To
certify a pre-licensing course, an applicant shall, at least 30 days before the
course is taught, submit a completed application as required by the division,
including:
(a) a course outline, including:
(i) a description of the course;
(ii) the length of time to be spent on each
subject area, broken into segments of no more than 30 minutes each;
and
(iii) three to five learning
objectives for every three hours;
(b) a description of any method of
instruction that will be used, including:
(i)
traditional classroom education;
(ii) virtual-live education, also designated
as synchronous education by the AQB; or
(iii) distance education;
(c) copies of at least three final
examinations administered in the course and the answer keys that will be used
to determine if a student passes the course;
(d) the school procedure for maintaining the
security of the final exams and answer keys;
(e) the titles, authors, and publishers of
required textbooks;
(f)
(i) the instructor who will teach each class;
and
(ii) evidence that each
instructor is:
(A) certified by the
division;
(B) qualified to serve as
a guest lecturer; or
(C) a college
or university faculty member who has academic training or appraisal experience
satisfactory to the division and the board;
(g) a nonrefundable applicable fee;
and
(h) a signed statement agreeing
that the course provider will, within ten business days of completing the
class, upload to the division the following information:
(i) course name;
(ii) course certificate number assigned by
the division;
(iii) date the course
was taught;
(iv) number of credit
hours; and
(v) name and license
number of each student receiving education credit.
(2) A traditional classroom course
shall:
(a) meet the minimum standards set
forth in the state-approved course outline governing the course, including
minimum hourly requirements;
(b) be
approved through the AQB course approval program;
(c) allow a maximum of 10% of the required
class time for testing, including review test and final examination;
and
(d) use texts, workbooks,
supplement pamphlets, and other materials that are appropriate and current in
their application to the required course outline.
(3) A virtual-live course using a synchronous
delivery method shall:
(a) comply with
Subsection (2);
(b) provide verbal
or written interaction between the student and instructor;
(c) include a written examination personally
proctored by an official approved by the presenting entity, or, with the prior
approval of the division, remote proctoring, including biometric proctoring,
pursuant to Subsection (5); and
(d)
meet the course delivery requirements established by the
AQB;
(4)
(a) A distance education course shall:
(i) comply with Subsection (2);
(ii) provide interaction between the student
and instructor in a reciprocal environment where the student has verbal or
written communication with the instructor;
(iii) include a written examination:
(A) personally proctored by an official
approved by the presenting entity; or
(B) with the prior approval of the division,
proctored remotely, including bio-metric proctoring, pursuant to Subsection
(5); and
(iv) offer at
least 15 credit hours, except that a distance education course may offer the
AQB-approved eight-hour Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Laws and Regulations
Course, in which case, the minimum credit hours is eight.
(b) A distance education course shall obtain
content approval from:
(i) the AQB;
(ii) the division; or
(iii) for an academic credit college course,
content approval from an accredited college, community college, or university
that offers a distance education program and is approved or accredited by the
Commission on Colleges, a regional or national accreditation association, or by
an accrediting agency that is recognized by the US Secretary of
Education.
(c) Content
for a non-academic credit college course provided by a college shall be
approved by the AQB and a state appraiser regulatory jurisdiction.
(d) A distance education course shall obtain
course delivery mechanism approval from one of the following sources:
(i) an AQB-approved organization that
provides approval of course design and delivery;
(ii) a college or university that qualifies
for content approval in Subsection (b) and awards academic credit for the
distance education course; or
(iii)
a qualifying college or university that qualifies for content approval in
Subsection (b) and that has a distance education delivery program that approves
the course design and delivery that incorporate interactivity.
(5) Subject to division
approval, either a synchronous course or an asynchronous course may use remote
proctoring, including bio-metric proctoring.
(6) Within ten business days after the
occurrence of any material change in a course that could affect approval, the
school shall give the division written notice of the change.
(7) A course certification is valid for no
more than 24 months.
(8)
(a) Division certification is not required
for a pre-licensing course that is offered by a school, as defined in
Subsection R162-2g-102(21)
as long as:
(i) the course content:
(A) meets the minimum standards set forth in
the Utah state-approved course outline; and
(B) is approved by the AQB course approval
program;
(ii) the course
provides at least 15 credit hours, including examinations, except that the
course may provide eight credit hours if the course is the AQB-approved
eight-hour Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Laws and Regulations
Course;
(iii) a closed-book,
closed-note final examination is administered at the end of each
course;
(iv) students are not
allowed to earn credit from the course provider by challenge examination
without first attending the course;
(v) credit is not awarded for duplicate or
highly comparable classes;
(vi)
where multiple classes are offered, they represent a progression in a student's
knowledge; and
(vii) to receive
credit, a student shall:
(A) attend 100% of
the scheduled class hours;
(B)
complete required exercises and assignments; and
(C) pass the course final
examination.
(b)
Hourly credit for a course taken from a professional appraisal organization
shall be granted according to the division-approved list.
(c) An applicant who wishes to be awarded
credit for non-certified pre-licensing education shall:
(i) provide to the division the name of the
course taken, including:
(A) the course
title;
(B) the name of the
sponsoring organization;
(C) the
number of classroom hours completed;
(D) the date of course completion;
and
(E) evidence that the course
meets the requirements of:
(I) the AQB;
and
(II) if distance education, the
International Distance Education Certification Center;
(ii) request
review of the course by the division and board;
(iii) establish that the criteria outlined in
Subsection (8)(a) are met;
(iv)
attest on a notarized affidavit that the course has been completed as
documented; and
(v) if requested by
the division, provide proof of completion of the course in the form of a
certificate, transcript, report card, letter of verification, or similar
proof.
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