Kan. Admin. Regs. § 117-1-1

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 117-1-1 - Definitions

(a) "Act" means the state certified and licensed real property appraisers act.

(b) 'Appraisal foundation" means the appraisal foundation established on November 30, 1987 as a not-for-profit corporation under the laws of Illinois.

(c) "Appraiser" means a state licensed or certified appraiser.

(d) "Board" means real estate appraisal board.

(e) "Classroom hour" means 50 minutes within a 60-minute segment. This definition reflects the traditional educational practice of having 50 minutes of instruction and 10 minutes of break time for each scheduled hour of instruction. The prescribed number of classroom hours shall include time devoted to examinations, which are considered to be part of the course.

(f) "Course" means any educational offering.

(g) "Course objectives" means the board's document titled "supervisory appraiser/trainee appraiser course objectives and outline," dated September 3, 2014, which is hereby adopted by reference.

(h) "Distance education" means any type of education during which the student and instructor are geographically separated.

(i) "General classification" means the certified general real property appraiser classification.

(j) "Good standing" means that both of the following conditions are met:

(1) The appraiser is not currently subject to a consent agreement or other comparable document that affects the appraiser's legal eligibility to engage in appraisal practice by an appraisal regulatory agency in this or any other jurisdiction.

(2) The appraiser is not currently subject to a summary order or final order that affects the appraiser's legal eligibility to engage in appraisal practice by an appraisal regulatory agency in this or any other jurisdiction.

(k) "Licensed classification" means the state licensed real property appraiser classification.

(l) "National uniform standards of professional appraisal practice course" means the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice course developed by the appraisal foundation.

(m) "Provisional classification" means the state provisional licensed real property appraiser classification.

(n) "Residential classification" means the certified residential real property appraiser classification.

(o) "Sponsor" means any of the following entities, which may request course approval from the board or offer a course approved by the board for credit toward any education requirement of the act:

(1) Colleges or universities;

(2) community or junior colleges;

(3) real estate appraisal or real estate-related organizations;

(4) state or federal agencies or commissions;

(5) proprietary schools;

(6) other providers approved by the board; and

(7) the appraisal foundation or its board.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 117-1-1

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 58-4105; effective Jan. 21,1991; amended, T-117-6-10-91, June 10,1991; amended Aug. 5, 1991; amended May 24, 1993; amended Aug. 15, 1994; amended May 3, 1996; amended May 23, 2003; amended Jan. 1, 2008; amended April 17, 2009; amended June 17, 2016; amended by Kansas Register Volume 36, No. 19; effective 5/26/2017.