Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 10, § 3543 - Continuing Education Requirements for Renewal

(a) To renew a license every two-year renewal period, a licensee shall complete the seven-hour National USPAP Update Course (or its equivalent as determined by the AQB). A licensee must provide the documentation with each renewal application as required by section 3681.

(b) For renewal of a license every other two-year renewal period ("four-year cycle"), a licensee shall complete an average of 14 hours of Bureau-accredited continuing education per year, for a required minimum of 56 hours reported in accordance with section 3681. Course time allotted for exam administration does not count as qualifying toward the required hours of accredited continuing education. In addition to the seven-hour National USPAP Update Course required every two-year period in subsection (a), of the required hours for the four-year cycle a licensee must complete:

(1) A minimum four (4) hour Bureau-approved course on federal and California appraisal-related statutory and regulatory law. A course will be deemed to be "Bureau-approved" if it is accredited pursuant to Article 9 of the Bureau's regulations; and

(2) For a license that expires on or after January 1, 2023:

(A) At least one hour in cultural competency, as defined in Section 11360 of the Business and Professions Code. Instruction shall include the subject matter required in section 3542(a)(3). If offered as an individual course, it need not meet the minimum length of two hours, as required by AQB.

(B) At least two hours in elimination of bias training, as bias is defined in section 3500. Instruction on the elimination of bias shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(i) An overview of historical and current discriminatory practices in the real estate appraiser industry.

(ii) Examples of how implicit, explicit, and institutional bias affects perceptions, analyses, and decisions of appraisers, leading to disparities in performing appraisals along lines of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other personal characteristics or criteria listed in Section 11424 of the Business and Professions Code.

(iii) Exploration of causes of bias and solutions and strategies to increase understanding and counteract how biases may contribute to disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in performing appraisals. For the purposes of this subsection, strategies may include the utilization of tests, assessment tools, educational resources, and options for eliminating stereotypical responses.

(c) To qualify for renewal, in addition to the other requirements of this section, continuing education coursework shall meet the following:

(1) Each course shall meet the minimum AQB requirements, except as otherwise indicated in this section.

(2) All classroom attended courses shall be taken through a school, provider or program that is accredited by either:

(A) The Bureau; or

(B) Any regional, institutional, national, or programmatic accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

(3) Course content is approved by the AQB through its Course Approval Program (CAP), a state real estate appraiser licensing agency or comparable regulatory jurisdiction, or a college, community college, or university that is accredited by a regional, institutional, national, or programmatic accreditation agency that is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education;

(4) Distance education courses, synchronous or asynchronous, are acceptable if:

(A) Course content is approved as above in subparagraph (3); and

(B) For asynchronous distance education, the course delivery mechanism is approved by one of the following:

(i) AQB's CAP;

(ii) The International Distance Education Certification Center;

(iii) The Appraisal Foundation; or

(iv) A college, community college, or university that qualifies for content approval in paragraph (3) above that awards academic credit for the distance education course.

(d) To qualify for renewal, the seven-hour National USPAP Update Course required in subsection (a) shall be completed after the date on which the previous license was issued, or after the previously issued license's expiration date, or during the two-year period following the expiration of the previously held license in which the license can be renewed pursuant to section 3682. To qualify for renewal, the remaining hours required in subsection (b) shall be completed after the expiration date of the previous four-year continuing education cycle.

(e) Except for the seven-hour National USPAP Update Course, duplicate continuing education coursework will not be counted toward meeting the required hours of this section if completed more than once within the same four-year continuing education cycle.

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 10, § 3543

1. Renumbering and amendment of former section 3512 to new section 3543 and renumbering of former section 3543 to new section 3701 filed 11-1-96; operative 11-1-96 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 96, No. 44). For prior history, see Register 94, No. 23.
2. Amendment of subsection (b)(3) filed 6-15-2000; operative 7-15-2000 (Register 2000, No. 24).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a)(6) filed 9-18-2000 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2000, No. 38).
4. Amendment of subsections (a)(5), (a)(5)(B), (b)(3) and (c)(1) filed 8-8-2006; operative 9-7-2006 (Register 2006, No. 32).
5. Repealer of subsections (a)(2) and (a)(4), subsection renumbering and amendment of newly designated subsection (a)(4) and subsection (b)(2) filed 8-24-2010; operative 9-23-2010 (Register 2010, No. 35).
6. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a)(2)(A), (a)(3)(B) and (d) filed 2-11-2014 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2014, No. 7).
7. Amendment of subsections (a)(2)(B)-(a)(3), repealer and new subsections (a)(3)(A)-(a)(4) and amendment of subsection (b)(3) filed 9-27-2016; operative 1-1-2017 (Register 2016, No. 40).
8. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE filed 2-1-2023; operative 2-1-2023 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2023, No. 5).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 11313, 11314, 11360 and 11361, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 11360, 11361 and 11424, Business and Professions Code.

1. Renumbering and amendment of former section 3512 to new section 3543 and renumbering of former section 3543 to new section 3701 filed 11-1-96; operative 11-1-96 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 96, No. 44). For prior history, see Register 94, No. 23.
2. Amendment of subsection (b)(3) filed 6-15-2000; operative 7-15-2000 (Register 2000, No. 24).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a)(6) filed 9-18-2000 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2000, No. 38).
4. Amendment of subsections (a)(5), (a)(5)(B), (b)(3) and (c)(1) filed 8-8-2006; operative 9-7-2006 (Register 2006, No. 32).
5. Repealer of subsections (a)(2) and (a)(4), subsection renumbering and amendment of newly designated subsection (a)(4) and subsection (b)(2) filed 8-24-2010; operative 9-23-2010 (Register 2010, No. 35).
6. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a)(2)(A), (a)(3)(B) and (d) filed 2-11-2014 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2014, No. 7).
7. Amendment of subsections (a)(2)(B)-(a)(3), repealer and new subsections (a)(3)(A)-(a)(4) and amendment of subsection (b)(3) filed 9-27-2016; operative 1/1/2017 (Register 2016, No. 40).
8. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE filed 2-1-2023; operative 2/1/2023 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2023, No. 5).