193F—5.7(543D) Upgrade to a certified general real property appraiser. To upgrade from a certified residential real property appraiser to a certified general real property appraiser, an applicant must complete the following additional education, examination, supervision, and experience requirements and a state and national criminal history check as provided in Iowa Code section 543D.22. For all intents and purposes, a certified residential appraiser seeking to upgrade to a certified general status will be considered an associate appraiser as it relates to differences between the scope of practice of the two licensure categories, and the upgrade process will generally follow the same registration requirements, supervisory identification and maintenance requirements, and processes and procedures generally applicable to associate appraisers set forth in 193F—Chapter 4.
	5.7(1) Education.
	a. 	Collegiate education. Certified residential real property appraisers must satisfy the college-level education requirements as specified in rule 193F—6.2(543D).
	b. 	Core criteria. In addition to the formal education and core criteria educational requirements originally required to obtain a certified residential credential, an applicant must complete the following additional 100 creditable, core criteria class hours before taking the AQB-approved examination. All courses must be AQB-approved under current core criteria to be considered creditable. The required courses and 100 hours consist of the following:
	(1)	General appraiser market analysis and highest and best use 	15 hours
	(2)	General appraiser sales comparison approach 		15 hours
	(3)	General appraiser site valuation and cost approach 	15 hours
	(4)	General appraiser income approach 	45 hours
	(5)	General appraiser report writing and case studies 	10 hours
	5.7(2) Examination. An applicant must satisfy the examination requirements as specified in rule 193F—6.3(543D).
	5.7(3)  Supervision and experience.
	a. 	Experience. An applicant must satisfy all of the experience requirements as specified in rules 193F—6.4(543D) and 193F—6.5(543D). In obtaining and documenting the 3,000 total experience hours required by 193F—subrule 6.5(2), as is the case for initial licensure, such hours must be accumulated in no fewer than 18 months while in active status as, in effect, a registered associate appraiser pursuing an upgrade pursuant to this rule and subject to the supervision of an Iowa-certified appraiser. Notwithstanding the foregoing:
	(1)	To the extent residential appraisal experience may be counted towards licensure in accordance with 193F—subrule 6.5(2), residential appraisal experience obtained as a certified residential appraiser prior to initiating the upgrade process may be included on the appraisal log and, subject to the work product review process, counted towards the experience-hours requirement for purposes of upgrading from a certified real property appraiser to a certified general real property appraiser; provided that such residential appraisal experience obtained prior to initiating the upgrade process shall not apply toward the 18-month requirement.
	(2)	Applicants may request that the board approve experience hours performed in the absence of registration as an associate real property appraiser by filing an application for approval on a form provided by the board, which application will be subject to and governed by the same processes and standards set forth in rule 193F—6.4(543D).
	b. 	Supervision. Subject to applicable exceptions, all nonresidential experience obtained and applied toward obtaining a certified general credential as part of the upgrade process shall be performed under the direct supervision of a certified general real property appraiser pursuant to the provisions of 193F—Chapter 15 and shall be subject to the identification, notification, maintenance, approval, scope-of-practice, log, and monitoring requirements set forth in 193F—Chapter 4. Both the applicant and the applicant’s supervisor(s) must complete a supervisor/trainee course within the five years prior to the board’s receipt of the associate registration application identifying a supervisor with the board or prior to the applicant’s obtaining or claiming any experience hours under the supervision of that supervisor.
	5.7(4) Work product review. An applicant must satisfy the work product review requirements as specified in rule 193F—6.5(543D).
	5.7(5) Background check. A state and national criminal history check shall be performed on any appraiser upgrading to a certified general real property appraiser. The applicant shall authorize release of the results of the criminal history check to the board. If the criminal history check was not completed within 180 calendar days prior to the date the license application is received by the board, the board may perform a new state and national criminal history check or may reject and return the application to the applicant.
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