Ohio Code 4763.07 – Continuing education
(A) Every state-certified general real estate appraiser, state-certified residential real estate appraiser and state-licensed residential real estate appraiser shall submit proof of successfully completing a minimum of fourteen classroom hours of continuing education instruction in courses or seminars approved by the real estate appraiser board. The certificate holder and licensee shall have satisfied the fourteen-hour continuing education requirements within the one-year period immediately following the issuance of the initial certificate or license and shall satisfy those requirements annually thereafter.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4763.07
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- appraisal: means the act or process of developing an opinion of value of real property in conformity with the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice. See Ohio Code 4763.01
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
- Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- State-certified general real estate appraiser: means any person who satisfies the certification requirements of this chapter relating to the appraisal of all types of real property and who holds a current and valid certificate or renewal certificate issued to the person pursuant to this chapter. See Ohio Code 4763.01
- State-certified residential real estate appraiser: means any person who satisfies the certification requirements only relating to the appraisal of one to four units of single-family residential real estate without regard to transaction value or complexity and who holds a current and valid certificate or renewal certificate issued to the person pursuant to this chapter. See Ohio Code 4763.01
- State-licensed residential real estate appraiser: means any person who satisfies the licensure requirements of this chapter relating to the appraisal of noncomplex one-to-four unit single-family residential real estate having a transaction value of less than one million dollars and complex one-to-four unit single-family residential real estate having a transaction value of less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars and who holds a current and valid license or renewal license issued to the person pursuant to this chapter. See Ohio Code 4763.01
- State-registered real estate appraiser assistant: means any person, other than a state-certified general real estate appraiser, state-certified residential real estate appraiser, or a state-licensed residential real estate appraiser, who satisfies the registration requirements of this chapter for participating in real estate appraisals and who holds a current and valid registration or renewal registration issued to the person pursuant to this chapter. See Ohio Code 4763.01
- superintendent of real estate: means the superintendent of the division of real estate and professional licensing of this state. See Ohio Code 4763.01
In accordance with federal law, each state-registered real estate appraiser assistant shall submit proof of successfully completing a minimum of fourteen classroom hours of continuing education instruction in courses or seminars approved by the real estate appraiser board. Each registrant shall satisfy the fourteen-hour continuing education requirements annually.
This division does not apply to an appraiser with a certification or license from another state that is temporarily recognized in this state pursuant to division (E)(2) of section 4763.05 of the Revised Code.
A certificate holder, licensee, or registrant who fails to submit proof to the superintendent of meeting these requirements is ineligible to obtain a renewal certificate, license, or registration and shall comply with section 4763.05 of the Revised Code in order to regain a certificate, license, or registration, except that the certificate holder, licensee, or registrant may submit proof to the superintendent of meeting these requirements within three months after the date of expiration of the certificate, license, or registration, or by obtaining a medical exception under division (E) of this section, without having to comply with section 4763.05 of the Revised Code. A certificate holder, licensee, or registrant may not engage in any activities permitted by the certificate, license, or registration during the three-month period following the certificate’s, license’s, or registration’s normal expiration date or during the time period for which a medical exception applies.
A certificate holder, licensee, or registrant may satisfy all or a portion of the required hours of classroom instruction in the following manner:
(1) 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;
(2) Participation, other than as a student, in educational processes or programs approved by the board that relate to real estate appraisal theory, practices, or techniques.
A certificate holder, licensee, or registrant shall present to the superintendent of real estate evidence of the manner in which the certificate holder, licensee, or registrant satisfied the requirements of division (A) of this section.
(B) The board shall adopt rules for implementing a continuing education program for state-certified general real estate appraisers, state-certified residential real estate appraisers, state-licensed residential real estate appraisers, and state-registered real estate appraiser assistants for the purpose of assuring that certificate holders, licensees, and registrants have current knowledge of real estate appraisal theories, practices, and techniques that will provide a high degree of service and protection to members of the public. In addition to any other provisions the board considers appropriate, the rules adopted by the board shall prescribe the following:
(1) Policies and procedures for obtaining board approval of courses of instruction and seminars;
(2) Standards, policies, and procedures to be applied in evaluating the alternative methods of complying with continuing education requirements set forth in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section;
(3) Standards, monitoring methods, and systems for recording attendance to be employed by course sponsors as a prerequisite to approval of courses for continuing education credit.
(C) No amendment or rescission of a rule the board adopts pursuant to division (B) of this section shall operate to deprive a certificate holder or licensee of credit toward renewal of certification or licensure for any course of instruction completed by the certificate holder or licensee prior to the effective date of the amendment or rescission that would have qualified for credit under the rule as it existed prior to amendment or rescission.
(D) The superintendent of real estate shall not issue a renewal certificate, registration, or license to any person who does not meet applicable minimum criteria for state certification, registration, or licensure prescribed by federal law or rule.
(E) The superintendent may grant a medical exception upon application by a person certified, registered, or licensed under this chapter. To receive an exception, the certificate holder, registrant, or licensee shall submit a request to the superintendent with proof satisfactory that a medical exception is warranted. If the superintendent makes a determination that satisfactory proof has not been presented, within fifteen days of the date of the denial of the medical exception, the certificate holder, registrant, or licensee may file with the division of real estate a request that the real estate appraiser board review the determination. The board may adopt reasonable rules in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code to implement this division.