(1) An applicant for registration as an appraiser, who has otherwise met the registration requirements, may obtain the registration without the necessity of having designated a certified appraiser as a primary supervisor. The registration shall be designated inactive upon being issued.
    (2) At any time after obtaining registration as an appraiser, the registrant may request inactive status by submitting to the Board DBPR form FREAB 16 found in Fl. Admin. Code R. 61-35.026 The fee to change licensure status is found in Fl. Admin. Code R. 61J1-2.001
    (3) At any time after obtaining registration as an appraiser, the registrant does not have on record with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation the name of a certified appraiser as a primary supervisor, the registration shall be designated inactive.
    (4) Pursuant to Florida Statutes § 475.618(3), any registration not renewed at the end of the registration period shall be designated inactive.
    (5) A registered appraiser, whose registration is designated inactive pursuant to subsection (1), (2) or (3), may request an active registration on DBPR form FREAB 16. If the inactive duration is less than 2 years and does not extend beyond 1 biennial renewal cycle (registration period), no additional education or fee is required.
    (6) A registered appraiser, whose registration is designated inactive pursuant to subsection (4), or whose inactive status extends beyond the biennial renewal cycle, shall comply with the education and fee requirements of Fl. Admin. Code R. 61J1-4.007, in order to request an active registration.
    (7) Any registration which exceeds 4 years in the inactive status shall automatically expire, and the person must meet all the requirements for initial registration.
Rulemaking Authority 475.614, 475.619 FS. Law Implemented 475.613(2), 475.618, 475.619 FS. History-New 9-22-93, Amended 7-5-94, 5-8-06, 11-4-15, 10-10-17.