All coursework for original trainee, licensing or certification shall be in courses closely related to real estate appraisal. The board will not accept an applicant's completion of a course of a kind, which is designed to prepare students for examination, commonly known as a "cram course". All real estate appraisal coursework credited toward original trainee, shall have been completed no more than five years prior to the date of the application filed with the board.
N.M. Admin. Code § 16.62.8.9