Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 61J1-4.010 - Supervision and Training of Registered Trainee Appraisers
(1) All registered trainee appraisers shall
be subject to direct supervision by a supervisory appraiser. In order to
qualify as a supervisory appraiser and be responsible for the direct
supervision of registered trainee appraisers, not to exceed three (3), the
following conditions must be met:
(a) A
supervisory appraiser must accept, acknowledge and recognize full
responsibility for compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional
Appraisal Practice, Florida law or regulation for any and all research data
collection, analysis, development or communication of any appraisal, appraisal
review or appraisal report prepared with the assistance of a registered trainee
appraiser as if the work was performed personally by the supervisory
appraiser;
(b) A supervisory
appraiser must be currently state-certified and have been in good standing with
the certifying jurisdiction for at least three (3) years and shall not have
been subject to any disciplinary action in any jurisdiction within at least the
last three (3) years that affects the supervisory appraiser's legal eligibility
to engage in appraisal practice. In addition, an appraiser who is currently
under probation may not act as a supervisory appraiser.
(c) Supervisory appraisers shall have been
state-certified for a minimum of three (3) years prior to being eligible to
become a supervisory appraiser.
(d)
Prior to registering as a supervisor to any registered trainee appraiser, a
certified appraiser shall complete a board approved supervisory course of a
minimum of three (3) hours, within the preceding four (4) years. The course
must comply with the course content adopted by the Appraiser Qualifications
Board of the Appraisal Foundation December 9, 2011, pursuant to Section
475.615(2),
F.S.
(2) The supervisory
appraiser shall be responsible for the training and direct supervision of the
registered trainee appraiser by:
(a) Accepting
full and complete responsibility for any research, data collection,
development, analysis or communication of any appraisal review or the appraisal
report by signing and certifying the report is in compliance with the Uniform
Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, as defined in Section
475.611(1)(s),
F.S.;
(b) Reviewing and verifying
the accuracy of the registered trainee appraiser's research, data collection,
development, analysis or communication of any part of the appraisal, appraisal
review, or, appraisal report writing process;
(c) Personally inspecting each appraised
property with the registered trainee appraiser until the registered trainee
appraiser is competent in accordance with the Competency Rule of the Uniform
Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, as required by Rule
61J1-9.001, F.A.C., but for at
least a minimum of the first six (6) months and 150 hours in sections I, II,
and III of the Appraisal Experience Log for DBPR-RE-2300 of the registered
trainee's initial registration. This provision shall not be construed to
require that the registered trainee appraiser attend all inspections.
(d) "Personally inspecting each apprised
property" as stated in paragraph
61J1-4.010(2)(c),
F.A.C., shall mean that the supervisory appraiser and registered trainee
appraiser shall be at the property being appraised simultaneously and the
occasion shall be used for teaching the registered trainee how to competently
perform an inspection for valuation purposes.
(e) Once the supervisory appraiser is not
required to accompany the registered trainee appraiser on each appraised
property, the supervisory appraiser shall accept complete responsibility for
any data or analysis developed by a registered trainee appraiser who performed
an inspection of the property being appraised without the supervisory appraiser
being present.
(f) Registering the
trainee appraiser with Department through use of DBPR FREAB 14, Supervisor
Designation/Termination Form as set forth in the Department's Rule
61-35.026, F.A.C. Failure to
properly file form DBPR FREAB 14 shall subject the supervisor appraiser to
disciplinary action. Any experience gained by the trainee while not properly
registered shall not count toward the required training for an
appraiser.
(3) A
registered trainee appraiser is permitted to have more than one supervisory
appraiser as specified in Section
475.6221, F.S.
(4) Any supervising appraiser, whether acting
as primary or secondary supervisor, may not supervise more than three (3)
registered trainee appraisers at one time.
(5) An appraisal experience log shall be
maintained jointly by the supervisory appraiser and the registered trainee
appraiser. It is the responsibility of both the supervisory appraiser and the
registered trainee appraiser to ensure the experience log is accurate, current
and complies with the requirements of the registered trainee appraiser's
credentialing jurisdiction.
(6) A
supervisory appraiser may not be employed by a registered trainee appraiser or
by a corporation, partnership, firm, or group in which the registered trainee
appraiser has a controlling interest.
(7) A registered trainee appraiser may accept
appraisal assignments only from his or her primary or secondary supervisory
appraiser.
(8) A registered trainee
appraiser may only receive compensation for appraisal services through or from
his or her authorized certified Supervisory Appraiser. Compensation from an
employer of the supervisory appraiser is considered payment through the
supervisor to the trainee appraiser.
(9) A registered trainee appraiser who made
any contribution to the development or reporting of an appraisal must be named
in the appraisal report and the work performed by the registered trainee
appraiser must be described in detail.
(10) A supervisory appraiser must include the
following statement in any report in which a registered trainee appraiser
contributed to the development of the appraisal or the writing of the appraisal
report: "I, the supervisory appraiser of a registered trainee appraiser who
contributed to the development or communication of this appraisal, hereby
accept full and complete responsibility for any work performed by the
registered trainee appraiser named in this report as if it were my own
work."
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 475.611, 475.614, 475.615 FS. Law Implemented 475.611, 475.615, 475.6221, 475.6222 FS.
New 2-16-04, Amended 3-1-06, 12-4-06, 8-12-07, 11-25-07, 5-3-10, 12-11-11, 6-3-13, 4-15-15, 2-2-16, 8-16-17.
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