Supervision and Training of Registered Trainee Appraisers

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

61J1-4.010Supervision and Training of Registered Trainee Appraisers

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 41 No. 12, January 20, 2015 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

The change is in response to concerns stated by the Board at its meeting held on February 9, 2015. The changes are as follows:

 

61J1-4.010 shall read as:

61J1-4.010 Supervision and Training of Registered Trainee Appraisers.

(1) All registered trainee appraisers shall be subject to direct supervision by a supervisory appraiser. In order to qualify as a supervisory appraiser and be responsible for the direct supervision of registered trainee appraisers, not to exceed three (3), the following conditions must be met:

(a) No change;

(b) A supervisory appraiser must be a current certified general or certified residential appraiser in good standing with the Board and shall not have been subject to any discplinary action in any jurisdiction within the last three (3) years that affects the supervisory appraiser’s legal eligibility to engage in appraisal practice. In addition, an appraiser who is currently under probation may not act as a supervisory appraiser.

(c) Supervisory appraisers shall have been state-certified for a minumum of four (4) years prior to being eligible to become a supervisory appraiser Supervisory appraisers shall be in good standing in the same jurisdiction in which the trainee appraiser practices for a minumum of four (4) years. Effective December 10, 2010, a supervisory appraiser must have been certified as a residential or general appraiser for at least 48 months;

(d) Prior to registering as a supervisor to any registered trainee appraiser, a certified appraiser shall complete  a board approved supervisory course of a minumum of three (3) hours. The course must comply with the course content adopted by the Appraiser Qualifications Board of the Appraisal Foundation on December 9, 2011. Trainee appraisers who took the course to qualify for the trainee appraiser registration will not be required to complete the course once certified in order to supervise. A supervisory appraiser must not have had a registration or certification, suspended by the Board or have been disciplined by the Board in two (2) or more disciplinary cases in the past five (5) years; and

(e) A supervisory appraiser’s registration, certification, or license must not be currently subjected to discipline or practice restrictions by the Board. A supervisory appraiser who is currently subjected to discipline may not act as a supervisory appraiser until he or she successfully completes all disciplinary terms and conditions.

(2) The supervisory appraiser shall be responsible for the training and direct supervision of the registered trainee appraiser trainee by:

(a) through (b) No change.

(c) Personally inspecting each appraised property with the registered trainee appraiser trainee for a minimum of the first twelve (12) months of the registered trainee’s initial registration, and thereafter until the registered trainee appraiser is competent in accordance with the Competency Rule of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, as required by Rule 61J1-9.001, F.A.C. This provision shall not be construed to require that the registered trainee appraiser attend all inspections.

(d) through (f) No change.

(3) through (4) No change.

(5) An appraisal experience log shall be maintained jointly by the supervisory appraiser and the registered trainee appraiser. It is the responsibility of both the supervisory appraiser and the registered trainee appraiser to ensure the experience log is accurate, current and complies with the requirements of the registered trainee appraiser’s credentialing jurisdiction. Separate appraisal logs shall be maintained by both the registered trainee appraiser and the supervisory appraiser through use of DBPR Form RE-2300, entitled Appraisal Experience Log, effective 1-14-10, hereby incorporated by reference and available at  http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/re/documents/RE-23002-Page.pdf.

(6) A supervisory appraiser may not be employed by a registered trainee appraiser or by a corporation, partnership, firm, or group in which the registered trainee appraiser has a controlling interest.

(7) through (9) No change.

(10) A registered trainee appraiser may not sign an appraisal certification within the first twelve (12) months of his or her registration as a trainee appraiser.

(11) A supervisory appraiser must include the following statement in any report in which a registered trainee appraiser contributed to the development of the appraisal or the writing of the appraisal report.

“I, the supervisory appraiser of a registered trainee appraiser trainee who contributed to the development or communication of this appraisal, hereby accepts full and complete responsibility for any work performed by the registered appraise trainee named in this report as if it were my own work.”

Rulemaking Authority 475.614 FS. Law Implemented 475.611, 475.6221, 475.6222 FS. History–New 2-16-04, Amended 3-1-06, 12-4-06, 8-12-07, 11-25-07, 5-3-10, 12-11-11, 6-3-13,_________.

 

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Juana Watkins, Executive Director, Florida Real Estate Commission, 400 West Robinson Street, Suite N801, Orlando, Florida 32801