193F—9.5(272C,543D) Inactive status.
	9.5(1) General purpose. This rule establishes a procedure under which a person issued a certificate or associate registration may apply to the board to register in inactive status. Registration under this rule is available to a certificate holder or associate registrant residing within or outside the state of Iowa who is not engaged in Iowa in any practice for which a certificate or associate registration is required. A person eligible to register as inactive may, as an alternative to such registration, allow a certificate or associate registration to lapse. The board will continue to maintain a data base on persons registered as inactive, including information which may not routinely be maintained after a certificate or associate registration has lapsed through failure to renew. A person who registers as inactive will accordingly receive renewal applications, board newsletters and other mass communications from the board. Because a person registered in inactive status may not practice in Iowa or hold oneself out to the public as authorized to practice as a certified appraiser or registered associate appraiser, such person is not required to complete continuing education.
	9.5(2) Eligibility. A person holding a lapsed or active certificate as a real property appraiser, or a lapsed or active registration as a registered associate, which has not been revoked or suspended may apply on forms provided by the board to register as inactive if the person is not engaged in the state of Iowa in any practice for which a certificate or associate registration is required. Such a person may be actively engaged in the practice of real estate appraising in another jurisdiction. Such a person may also engage in such appraisal practices as may be performed in Iowa by persons who do not hold a certificate as a real property appraiser or associate registration as long as the person does not hold oneself out to the public as a certified or associate real estate appraiser.
	9.5(3) Affirmation. The application form shall contain a statement in which the applicant affirms that the applicant will not engage in any practice prohibited by subrule 9.5(2) in Iowa without first complying with all rules governing reactivation to active status. A person in inactive status may reactivate to active status at any time pursuant to subrule 9.5(6).
	9.5(4) Renewal. A person registered as inactive may renew the person’s certificate or associate registration to inactive status on the biennial schedule described in 193F—9.1(272C,543D). Such person is exempt from the continuing education requirements for renewal and will be charged a reduced rate, as provided in 193F—Chapter 12. An inactive certificate or associate registration shall lapse if not timely renewed. An active certificate holder or associate registrant may renew as inactive if such person has not completed all continuing education requirements and may thereafter apply for active status, through the reactivation process as provided in subrule 9.6(6), when the deficiency has been remedied.
	9.5(5) Grounds for discipline. Certified and associate appraisers are not authorized to practice or to hold themselves out to the public as certified or registered appraisers during the period of time that the certificate or registration is in retired or inactive status. Any violation of this subrule shall be grounds for discipline.
	9.5(6) Reactivation. A person registered as inactive shall apply to reactivate to active status prior to engaging in any practice in Iowa that requires certification or associate registration. An application to reactivate to active status shall be on a form provided by the board, shall demonstrate full compliance with all applicable continuing education requirements, and shall be accompanied by a fee to reactivate an inactive license and the biennial fee for active status as provided in rule 193F—12.1(543D). Prior to reactivation to active status, the applicant must complete all education that would have been required had the applicant been on active status, including the most recent seven-hour USPAP update course. All such continuing education must be verified whether or not the applicant has been in active practice in another jurisdiction. Additionally, the special continuing education requirements that apply to associate appraisers reinstating a lapsed registration, as provided in subrule 9.4(6), shall apply to associate appraisers reactivating to active status following a period of inactive status of 12 months or longer. Such an applicant shall be given credit for the most recent renewal fees previously paid if the applicant applies to reactivate in the same biennium at other than the applicant’s regular renewal date. An applicant changing from active to inactive status during a biennial renewal period shall not, however, be entitled to a refund of any of the fees previously paid to attain active status.
[ARC 1732C, IAB 11/12/14, effective 12/17/14; ARC 5237C, IAB 10/21/20, effective 11/25/20; ARC 5785C, IAB 7/28/21, effective 9/1/21]