In addition to the requirements of Section 40-60-80, an applicant for a permit, license, or certification must provide proof of having met the following educational and applicable experience requirements:

1. (1) To qualify as an appraiser apprentice, an applicant must:

   1. (a) furnish evidence that the applicant will be supervised by an appraiser who is licensed or certified by the board;
   2. (b) furnish evidence that the applicant has successfully completed within the past five years at least seventy-five classroom hours of courses approved by the board.

2. (2) To qualify as a state licensed appraiser, an applicant must:

   1. (a) furnish evidence that he has successfully completed within the past five years at least ninety hours of courses approved by the board;
   2. (b) demonstrate two thousand hours of appraisal experience since January 1, 1992, but in not less than twenty-four months including, but not limited to, fee and staff appraisal, ad valorem tax appraisal not to exceed forty percent of the total hours claimed, review appraisal, appraisal analysis, highest and best use analysis, and feasibility analysis/study. The verification for experience credit claimed by an applicant must be by affidavit on forms prescribed by the board;
   3. (c) pass an examination approved by the board. The only prerequisite to sit for the examination is completion of the educational requirements.

3. (3) To qualify as a state certified residential appraiser, an applicant must:

   1. (a) furnish evidence that the applicant has successfully completed within the past five years at least one hundred twenty classroom hours of courses approved by the board;
   2. (b) demonstrate two thousand five hundred hours of appraisal experience since January 1, 1992, but in not less than twenty-four months. Experience may include, but is not limited to, fee and staff appraisal, ad valorem tax appraisal not to exceed forty percent of the total hours claimed, review appraisal, appraisal analysis, highest and best use analysis, and feasibility analysis/study. The verification for experience credit claimed by an applicant must be by affidavit on forms prescribed by the board;
   3. (c) pass an examination approved by the board. The only prerequisite to sit for the examination is completion of the educational requirements.

4. (4) To qualify as a state certified general appraiser an applicant must:

   1. (a) furnish evidence that the applicant has successfully completed within the past five years at least one hundred eighty hours of courses approved by the board;
   2. (b) demonstrate three thousand hours of appraisal experience since January 1, 1992, but in not less than thirty months and of which at least fifty percent must be in nonresidential appraisal work. Experience may include, but is not limited to, fee and staff appraisal, ad valorem tax appraisal not to exceed forty percent of the total hours claimed, review appraisal, appraisal analysis, highest and best use analysis, and feasibility analysis/study. The verification for experience credit claimed by an applicant must be by affidavit on forms prescribed by the board;
   3. (c) pass an examination approved by the board. The only prerequisite to sit for the examination is completion of the educational requirements;
   4. (d) the qualifications for licensed mass appraiser, certified mass appraiser, or certified general mass appraiser are identical to those enumerated in this chapter for the comparable levels of licensed appraiser, certified residential appraiser, and certified general appraiser with the exception that one hundred percent of the required experience hours for the mass appraiser designations may be in the area of mass appraisals.