Section 193F.4.4. Progress toward certification as a certified residential appraiser or certified general appraiser.

         4.4(1) Associate classification. The associate appraiser classification is intended for those persons training to become certified appraisers and is not intended as a long-term method of performing appraisal services under the supervision of a certified appraiser in the absence of progress toward certification. As a result, the board may impose deadlines for achieving certification, or for satisfying certain prerequisites toward certification, for those persons who apply to renew an associate appraiser registration more than two times. Deadlines, if any, would be imposed as a condition for the third or subsequent renewal.

         4.4(2) Factors to consider.

            a.               The board may consider the following noninclusive list of factors when deciding whether to impose a deadline for achieving certification:

             (1)             An associate appraiser’s access to the educational courses required for certification;

             (2)             Whether the associate appraiser had completed the college requirement for certification in advance of registering as an associate appraiser or whether college coursework is in progress;

             (3)             The associate appraiser’s access to supervisory appraisers, the volume of the supervisory appraiser’s practice, and the type of certification the associate is training to achieve; and

             (4)             Such additional factors as may be relevant to the board’s determination as to whether the associate appraiser is making good-faith progress toward certification.

            b.               While the board’s policy is to work with associate appraisers and their supervisors in a cooperative manner, an associate appraiser who does not demonstrate good-faith progress toward certification shall be subject to the imposition of deadlines as described in subrule 4.4(1).

         4.4(3) Progress reports. In order to assess an associate appraiser’s progress toward certification, the board may request periodic progress reports from the associate appraiser and from the associate appraiser’s supervisory appraiser or appraisers. Progress reports on the steps an associate appraiser has taken toward certification and the associate appraiser’s plans for completing certification prerequisites shall be submitted to the board within ten calendar days of the board’s written request. The failure of an associate appraiser or supervisory appraiser to submit the requested progress report is a ground for disciplinary action.

[ARC 1731C, IAB 11/12/14, effective 12/17/14]