Distance education courses must comply with the requirements
in the AQB Qualification Criteria. A distance education course is acceptable for
continuing education credit if it is approved by the Board and meets all of the
following conditions:
(1) The course is
presented by one of the following:
(i) A course
provider that presents the course to an organized group in an instructional setting
with a person qualified and available to answer questions, provide information and
monitor attendance.
(ii) An accredited
(Commission on Colleges or a regional accreditation association) college or
university that offers distance education programs in other disciplines.
(iii) A course provider that has received approval
for course design and delivery mechanism from the IDECC and approval for course
content from the Board or from the AQB through its Course Approval
Program.
(2) With regard to a
course presented under paragraph (1)(ii) or (iii), the certified real estate
appraiser or the licensed appraiser trainee either successfully completes a written
examination proctored by an official approved by the college, university or other
course provider or successfully completes the course mechanisms required for course
accreditation that evidence the learner's mastery and fluency of the course
content.
(3) The content and length of
the course meet the requirements of §
36.42 (relating to subject matter and
sources of continuing education).
Notes
The provisions
of this §36.43 adopted July 24, 1992, effective
7/25/1992, 22 Pa.B. 3864; amended
July 20, 2007, effective 7/21/2007,
37 Pa.B. 3367; amended November 1, 2019, effective 11/2/2019, 49 Pa.B.
6667.
The provisions of this §36.43 issued under sections 5(2), 6(h)
and 10(b) of the Real Estate Appraisers Certification Act (63 P.S. §§
457.5(2),
457.6(h) and 457.10(b)); amended
under sections 5(1) and (2), 6 and 10(b) and (b.2) of the Real Estate Appraisers
Certification Act (63 P.S. §§
457.5(1) and
(2),
457.6 and
457.10(b) and (b.2)); and sections
3, 4(d) and 12 of the Assessors Certification Act (63 P.S. §§
458.3,
458.4(d) and
458.12).
