N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 19 § 1107.4

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 43, October 23, 2024

Section 1107.4 - Equivalency

(a) Individuals who complete a course of study offered outside of the State of New York which course of study has not been approved by the department, may file a request to the department for review and evaluation thereof. All applications for such consideration must be submitted with official documentation of satisfactory completion and the official descriptions of the course of study.

(1) Notwithstanding this subdivision, an applicant for recertification or renewal of license may receive credit of up to 50 percent of the hourly requirements by presenting evidence of acceptable equivalency experience as provided by subdivisions (b)-(d) of this section.

(b) Instructors of approved qualifying and continuing education courses or programs may be awarded one hour of continuing education credit for each direct hour of instruction during the license or certificate cycle not to exceed 14 hours. Credit shall not be awarded for teaching the same course/program more than once in a license/certification cycle. Instructors must submit evidence of such experience with an equivalency application.

(c)Authorship of program development.

An individual who provides evidence of developing an appraisal related course of study that has been accepted by a school or organization may receive continuing education credit equivalent to the number of hours of such course, not to exceed 14 hours. If more than one individual participated in such development, the continuing education credit may be prorated accordingly.

(d)Authorship of publications.

Authorship of a published book related to real estate appraising, a published monograph, a master's thesis or doctoral dissertation, a published article, book review or instructional material is eligible for continuing education credit in the year of publication. If more than one individual authored the document, the continuing education credit may be prorated accordingly. The maximum number of hours that may be credited per continuing education cycle are:

Published book	14 hours
Program development	2 to 14 hours
Published article, monograph,	\
master's thesis or	\
14 hours
dissertation, book review	/
or instructional material	/

(e) An individual holding a license or certification in another jurisdiction must submit an application for equivalent credit if the continuing education course of study taken has not been approved by the department.

(f) All applications and evidence for equivalent credit must be submitted to the department for consideration no later than 30 days prior to the expiration of the license/certification.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 19 § 1107.4

Amended, New York State Register December 31, 2014/Volume XXXVI, Issue 52, eff. 1/1/2015