22 Tex. Admin. Code § 153.18 - Appraiser Continuing Education (ACE)
(a) The purpose of ACE is to ensure that
license holders participate in programs that maintain and increase their skill,
knowledge, and competency in real estate appraising.
(b) To renew a license, a license holder must
successfully complete the equivalent of at least 28 classroom hours of ACE
courses approved by the Board, including the 7-hour National USPAP Update
course during the license holder's continuing education cycle. An ACE course
may not be repeated during the license holder's continuing education
cycle.
(c) Awarding ACE credit. The
Board will award credit to a license holder for an ACE course approved by the
Board upon receipt of a course completion roster from an approved ACE provider
as required under §
153.40 of this title (relating to
Approval of Continuing Education Providers and Courses).
(d) Continuing education credit for
qualifying courses. License holders may receive continuing education credit for
qualifying courses that have been approved by the Board, the AQB or another
state appraiser regulatory agency.
(e) Continuing education credit for courses
taken outside of Texas. An ACE course taken by a Texas license holder outside
of Texas may be accepted on an individual basis for continuing education credit
in Texas upon the Board's determination that:
(1) the ACE course was approved for
continuing education credit by the AQB or another state appraiser regulatory
agency at the time the course was taken;
(2) the Texas license holder's successful
completion of the course has been evidenced by:
(A) a course completion certificate;
(B) a letter from the provider; or
(C) such other proof as is
satisfactory to the Board; and
(3) the Texas license holder has filed an Out
of State Course Credit Request form with the Board.
(f) Up to one half of a license holder's ACE
requirements may be satisfied through participation other than as a student, in
real estate appraisal educational processes and programs. Examples of
activities for which credit may be granted are teaching an ACE course,
educational program development, authorship of real estate appraisal textbooks,
or similar activities that are determined by the Board to be equivalent to
obtaining ACE.
(g) The following
types of courses or activities may not be counted toward ACE requirements:
(1) Teaching the same ACE course more than
once per license renewal cycle;
(2)
"In house" education or training; or
(3) Appraisal experience.
(h) ACE credit for attending a
Board meeting.
(1) The Board may award a
minimum of two hours and up to a maximum of 4 hours of ACE credit to a current
license holder for attending the Board meeting held in February of an even
numbered year.
(2) The hours of ACE
credit to be awarded will depend on the actual length of the Board
meeting.
(3) ACE credit will only
be awarded in whole hour increments. For example, if the Board meeting is 2 and
one half hours long, only 2 hours of ACE credit will be awarded.
(4) To be eligible for ACE credit for
attending a Board meeting, a license holder must:
(A) Attend the meeting in person;
(B) Attend the entire meeting, excluding
breaks;
(C) Provide photo
identification; and
(D) Sign in and
out on the class attendance roster for the meeting.
(5) No ACE credit will be awarded to a
license holder for partial attendance.
(i) ACE credit for attending presentations by
current Board members or staff. As authorized by law, current members of the
Board and Board staff may teach or guest lecture as part of an approved ACE
course. To obtain ACE credit for attending a presentation by a current Board
member or Board staff, the course provider must submit the applicable form and
satisfy the requirements for ACE course approval in this section.
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