61-2b-40. Continuing education requirements.
(1) As a prerequisite to renewal of a license or certification, the applicant for renewal
shall present evidence satisfactory to the division of having met the continuing education
requirements of this section.
(2) For any person licensed or certified under this chapter, the continuing education
requirement for renewal of licensure or certification shall be the completion by the applicant,
during the two-year period immediately preceding the filing of an application for renewal, of not
less than 28 classroom hours of instruction in courses or seminars that have received the approval
of the board.
(3) The division may adopt rules for the implementation of this section to assure that
each person renewing that person's license or certification under this chapter has a working
knowledge of current real estate appraisal theories, practices, and techniques that will enable the
person to provide competent real estate appraisal services to the members of the public with
whom that person deals in a professional relationship under the authority of that person's license
or certificate.
(4) An amendment or repeal of a rule adopted by the division under this section shall not
operate to deprive a person of credit toward renewal of that person's license or certification for
any course of instruction that is successfully completed by the applicant prior to the date of the
amendment or repeal of the rule.
(5) In lieu of meeting the requirements set forth in Subsection (2) and applicable rules, an
applicant for renewal may satisfy all or part of the continuing education requirements by
presenting evidence of the following:
(a) completion of an educational program of study determined by the board to be
equivalent, for continuing education purposes, to courses or seminars approved by the board; or
(b) participation other than as a student in educational processes and programs approved
by the board that relate to real property appraisal theory, practices, or techniques including
teaching, program development, and preparation of textbooks, monographs, articles, and other
instructional materials.
(6) The board shall develop and propose to the division rules for the implementation of
this section to assure that a person who renews that person's license or certification has a working
knowledge of current real estate appraisal theories, practices, and techniques that will enable the
person to provide competent real estate appraisal services to the members of the public with
whom that person deals in a professional relationship under the authority of that person's license
or certification. These rules shall prescribe:
(a) policies and procedures to be followed in obtaining board approval of courses of
instruction and seminars;
(b) standards, policies, and procedures to be used by the division in evaluating an
applicant's claims of equivalency; and
(c) standards, monitoring methods, and systems for recording attendance to be employed
by course and seminar sponsors as a prerequisite to division approval of courses and seminars for
credit.
(7) (a) A person whose license or certification has been revoked or suspended as the
result of a disciplinary action taken by the board may not apply for reinstatement unless the
person presents evidence of completion of the continuing education requirement that is provided
in this chapter for renewal.
(b) The continuing education required under Subsection (7)(a) shall not be imposed upon
an applicant for reinstatement who has been required by the division to successfully complete the
examination for licensure or certification required by Section 61-2b-20 as a condition to
reinstatement.
Amended by Chapter 199, 2005 General Session
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