Kan. Admin. Regs. § 117-2-1 - Licensed classification; education requirements
(a) Each applicant shall meet the following
requirements:
(1) Have received credit for 150
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 (USPAP) course or its equivalent. The applicant shall be required to
pass this examination. There shall be no alternative to successful completion
of the USPAP course and examination;
(D) 15 classroom hours in market analysis and
highest and best use;
(E) 15
classroom hours in residential appraisal site valuation and cost
approach;
(F) 30 classroom hours in
residential sales comparison and income approaches; and
(G) 15 classroom hours in residential report
writing and case studies; and
(2) 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)(1);
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)(1).
(b) Credit toward the education
requirements specified in paragraph (a)(1) 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
national accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. secretary of education or
Kansas board of regents 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 minimum 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) A distance education course may be deemed
to meet the classroom hour requirement specified in paragraph (a)(1) 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 or the Kansas board of regents. 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
(d)(2)(C) and awards academic credit for the distance education course;
or
(C) a college that qualifies for
course content approval as specified in paragraph (d)(2)(C) with a distance
education delivery program that approves the course design and includes a
delivery system incorporating interactivity.
(e) 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.
(f) 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
(USPAP) course taken in different years shall not be considered
repetitive.
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