2014 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 76 - REAL PROPERTY
76-2236 - Continuing education; requirements.

76-2236. Continuing education; requirements.

(1) Every credential holder shall furnish evidence to the board that he or she has satisfactorily completed no fewer than twenty-eight hours of approved continuing education activities in each two-year continuing education period. Hours of satisfactorily completed approved continuing education activities cannot be carried over from one two-year continuing education period to another.

(2) No more than fourteen hours of approved continuing education activities in each two-year continuing education period shall be taken online or by correspondence. All online courses shall conform to the Appraiser Qualifications Board's criteria.

(3) As prescribed by rule or regulation of the Real Property Appraiser Board and at least once every two years, the seven-hour National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Update Course as approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board as of January 1, 2014, or the equivalent of the course as approved by the Real Property Appraiser Board, shall be included in the continuing education requirement of each credential holder.

(4) As prescribed by rule or regulation of the board and at least once every four years, a seven-hour report writing update course shall be included in the continuing education requirement of each credential holder.

(5) No more than fourteen hours may be approved by the board as continuing education in each two-year continuing education period for participation, other than as a student, in appraisal educational processes and programs, which includes teaching, program development, authorship of textbooks, or similar activities that are determined by the board to be equivalent to obtaining continuing education. Evidence of participation shall be submitted to the board upon completion of appraisal educational process or program. No preapproval will be granted for participation in appraisal educational processes or programs.

(6) Qualifying education, as approved by the board, successfully completed by a credential holder to fulfill the class-hour requirement to upgrade to a higher classification than his or her current classification, shall be approved by the board as continuing education.

(7) Qualifying education, as approved by the board, taken by a credential holder not to fulfill the class-hour requirement to upgrade to a higher classification, shall be approved by the board as continuing education if the credential holder completes the examination.

(8) A board-approved seven-hour supervisory appraiser and trainee course successfully completed by a certified real property appraiser for approval as a supervisory appraiser shall be approved by the board as continuing education no more than once during each two-year continuing education period.

(9) The Real Property Appraiser Board shall approve continuing education activities which it determines would protect the public by improving the competency of credential holders. Evidence of completion of such continuing education activities for the two-year continuing education period may be submitted to the board as each activity is completed. A person who holds a temporary or reciprocal credential shall not have to meet any continuing education requirements in this state.

Source

Laws 1990, LB 1153, § 36;
Laws 1991, LB 203, § 40;
Laws 1994, LB 1107, § 37;
Laws 1997, LB 29, § 4;
Laws 2001, LB 162, § 28;
Laws 2006, LB 778, § 58;
Laws 2007, LB186, § 20;
Laws 2010, LB931, § 19;
Laws 2012, LB714, § 9;
Laws 2014, LB717, § 22.
Operative Date: April 10, 2014