The Board may issue an appraiser trainee license to an applicant who has completed a prelicensure education program that meets the following requirements:

(a) Seventy-five (75) classroom hours of instruction that shall include fifteen (15) hours relative to the USPAP:

(1) A classroom hour is equal to fifty (50) minutes of each sixty (60) minute segment and includes time devoted to tests which are considered to be part of the course;

(2) Classroom hours may only be obtained where the minimum length of the educational offering is fifteen (15) hours and the individual successfully completes an examination pertinent to that educational offering;

(3) Credit for the classroom hours may be obtained from the following:

(A) Colleges or universities;

(B) Community or junior colleges;

(C) Real estate appraisal or real estate related organizations;

(D) State or federal agencies or commissions;

(E) Proprietary schools; or

(F) Other providers approved by the Board or the Educational Licensure Commission;

(4) Qualifying education shall have been obtained within the five (5)-year period immediately preceding application for licensure; and

(5) The core curriculum of the prelicensure education requirements that appraiser trainees must complete prior to applying for licensure are thirty (30) hours in basic appraisal principles, thirty (30) hours in basic appraisal procedures, and the fifteen (15) hour National USPAP course or its equivalent. The content of the curriculum offered in

the courses, seminars, workshops, or conferences used by an appraiser trainee to meet the prelicensure education requirements shall follow the guidelines established by the AQB in the publication, “AQB Guide Note 1 (GN-1).”

2323.2 There are no examination or experience requirements for the appraiser trainee classification.2323.3 Within four (4) years of submitting his or her initial application for licensure, the appraiser trainee shall pass one (1) of the following examinations approved by the Board:- (a) The licensed residential real property appraiser examination;

- (b) Certified residential real property appraiser examination; or

- (c) Certified general real property appraiser examination.2323.4 The appraiser trainee is subject to direct supervision by a supervising Certified Residential Real Property Appraiser or a Certified General Real Property Appraiser licensed in the District and in good standing.2323.5 The supervising appraiser shall be responsible for the training and supervision of the trainee by:- (1) Accepting responsibility for appraisal reports prepared by the appraiser trainee by signing and certifying that the report complies with the USPAP;

- (2) Reviewing the appraiser trainee reports; and

- (3) Personally inspecting each appraised property with the appraiser trainee until the supervising appraiser determines that the appraiser trainee is competent in accordance with the competency provision of the USPAP for the property type.2323.6 The appraiser trainee may have more than one (1) supervising appraiser, but a certified appraiser may not have more than three (3) appraisal trainees.2323.7 The appraiser trainee shall maintain an appraiser log and shall include at least the following information for each appraisal record:- (a) Type of property;

- (b) Date of report;

(c) Client name and address;

(d) Address of appraised property;

(e) Description of work performed, scope of review, and supervision of the supervising appraiser;

(f) Number of actual work hours;

(g) Signature and state or jurisdiction license or certification number of the supervising appraiser; and

(h) Separate appraisal logs shall be maintained for each supervising appraiser.

2323.8 There are no continuing education requirements for the appraiser trainee classification for the first two (2) years of licensure. An appraiser trainee shall complete fourteen (14) hours of continuing education during each calendar year beyond the second year of licensure prior to applying for a license as a Real Property Appraiser, Certified Real Property Appraiser, or Certified General Real Property Appraiser.

2323.9 The appraiser trainee shall be entitled to obtain copies of appraisal reports that he or she prepared.

2323.10 The supervising appraiser shall keep copies of appraisal reports for a period of at least five (5) years or at least two (2) years after the final disposition of any judicial proceedings in which testimony was given, whichever period expires last.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 8480 (December 10, 1993); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 5846 (July 21, 2006); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 9991 (September 26, 2008); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10590, 10600 (December 16, 2011).