Section SPS 85.910 - Approval of continuing education courses(1)(a) Except as provided under sub. (10), to obtain approval of a continuing education course the course provider shall submit an application on forms provided by the department at least 45 days prior to the first date the course is offered. The application shall include all of the following:1. The name, date, and location of the course.2. A general description of the subject matter.3. An outline of the content of the course, including time segments for each subject.4. The name and qualifications of the course instructor.(b) The department shall notify the course provider whether the course has been approved or denied within 20 business days from the date the application is received. Note: Applications for course approval are available from the department's website at http://dsps.wi.gov.
(2) A continuing education course shall relate to one or more real property related appraisal topics, including any of the following:(b) Arbitration, dispute resolution.(c) Courses related to the practice of real estate appraisal or appraisal consulting.(d) Development cost estimating.(e) Ethics and standards of professional practice, USPAP.(f) Land use planning, zoning.(g) Real estate management, leasing, timesharing.(h) Property development, partial interests.(i) Real estate law, easements, and legal interests.(j) Real estate litigation, damages, condemnation.(k) Real estate financing and investment.(l) Real estate appraisal related computer applications.(m) Real estate securities and syndication.(n) Developing opinions of real property value in appraisals that also include personal property of business value.(o) Sell concessions and impact value.(p) Energy efficient items and "green building" appraisals.(3) The course shall be available to all certified and licensed appraisers regardless of membership in any organization.(4) The course shall be at least 2 hours in length.(5) The course provider shall monitor attendance by requiring each participant to sign an attendance sheet at the beginning and end of each course and shall furnish each participant with written evidence of having completed the course.(6) Course providers may repeat a previously approved course without reapplication, provided that the subject matter and instructor have not changed.(7)(a) Credit may be granted for a distance education course that satisfies all requirements for a continuing education course established by the AQB that are in effect at the time the course is offered.(b) A distance education course intended for use as continuing education shall include at least one of the following: 1. A written examination proctored by an official approved by the college or university, or by the sponsoring organization. Oral examinations are not acceptable.2. Successful completion of prescribed course material required to demonstrate knowledge of the subject matter. Note: Information concerning the course approval process established by the AQB is available at www.appraisalfoundation.org.
(8) Course instructors shall be approved by the department. An instructor whose appraiser certificate has been limited, suspended, or revoked may not instruct in approved courses while the disciplinary action is in effect. An approved instructor shall possess at least one of the following qualifications: (a) Be an instructor of appraisal courses who teaches or has taught appraisal courses at an accredited college or university.(b) Be a licensed or certified appraiser who practices in the aspects of appraising being taught such as, appraisal, appraisal review, appraisal consulting or mass appraisal, and who has engaged in the practice for at least 5 years.(c) Be an instructor of assessor education courses who is approved by the department of revenue to teach continuing assessor education programs that are relevant to appraisal practice.(d) Be an instructor who teaches appraisal courses approved by the AQB. Note: Information concerning courses approved by the AQB is available at www.appraisalfoundation.org.
(e) If applying to teach the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course or its equivalent, be a certified residential or general appraiser, and be certified by the AQB as an instructor to teach that course.(f) Be an instructor who teaches an appraiser or assessor course approved by another state of the United States that is relevant to appraisal practice.(g) Be an instructor who, in the judgment of the department, is qualified to teach course work that is relevant to appraisal practice.(9) The course provider shall retain records of attendance of qualifying education programs for a period of 5 years. The records shall include all of the following: (a) The name of the course.(b) The date the course was offered.(c) The names and addresses of individuals who completed the course.(d) The number of hours of instruction.(e) If administered, the examination results for each individual.(10) An appraisal course approved by the AQB shall be approved by the department without receipt of an application for course approval from the course provider.(11) An appraisal course approved by another state or territory of the United States, which complies with the real property appraiser qualification criteria established by the AQB, shall be approved by the department without receipt of an application for course approval from the other state or territory.(12) Credit awarded for the classroom hour requirement when a licensed appraiser seeks a certified appraiser certification, or a certified residential appraiser seeks a certified general appraiser certification, may also be awarded for the continuing education requirement of the license or certification held.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 85.910
Cr. Register, September, 1991, No. 429, eff. 10-1-91; emerg. am. (2) and (3), eff. 10-1-91; am. (2) and (3), Register, May, 1992, No. 437, eff. 6-1-92; renum. (7) to be (10), cr. (7) to (9), Register, April, 1994, No. 460, eff. 5-1-94; am. (2), (8) (intro.), (9) (a), cr. (9) (c), Register, June, 1996, No. 486, eff. 7-1-96; am. (8) (intro.), (a), (b), (c) and (9) (a), Register, January, 1998, No. 505, eff. 2-1-98; am. (1) and (8) (intro.), cr. (9) (d) and (11), Register, January, 1999, No. 517, eff. 2-1-99, eff. 2-1-99; CR 01-100: am. (1) to (4) and (6), r. and recr. (5) and (7), r. (8), renum. (9) to (11) to be (8) to (10) and am. (9), cr. (11), Register February 2002 No. 554, eff. 3-1-02; CR 02-067: cr. (7) (d) and (8) (e) Register November 2002 No. 563, eff. 12-1-02; CR 06-033: am. (1), (6), (8) (b), (c) and (10), renum. (2) and (7) (intro.) to be (2) (intro.) and (7) and am., cr. (2) (a) to (m), r. (7) (a) to (d) and (11), r. and recr. (8) (e), Register November 2006 No. 611, eff. 12-1-06; CR 10-135: cr. (8) (f), (g), (11), (12) Register August 2011 No. 668, eff. 9-1-11; CR 14-016: SPS 85.910 renum. from SPS 85.02, cr. (2) (n) to (p), cr. (7) (a) Register September 2014 No. 705, eff. 1-1-15; correction in numbering of (7) made under s. 13.92, (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register September 2014 No. 705.Amended by,Wisconsin Register December 2014 No. 708, eff.1/1/2015.Amended by, CR 18-104: renum. (1) to (1) (a) (intro.) and am., cr. (1) (a) 1. to 4., (b), am. (2) (intro.), (c), (7) (a), (b) (intro.), (8) (intro.), (d), (e), (9) (intro.), (10), (11) Register December 2019 No. 768, eff. 1/1/2020