Section 128.04. Approval of educational programs; courses and instructors.

 

(1)  A program provider seeking initial approval from the department of an educational program or a course shall submit its application on a form provided by the department prior to the first date the program or course is offered. The program provider shall include a designation of the courses to be provided, the name and outline of the courses, the name and qualifications of the instructors, and the time segments of the courses. The department shall notify the provider whether the program or course has been approved or denied within 20 business days from the date the application is received. The department shall approve an educational program or course if the program provider submits to the department the information required by this subsection and agrees to comply with the provisions in subs. (2) to (6) .

(1m)  A program provider seeking the approval of a continuing education program or course that will be presented as distance education shall comply with sub. (1) and shall, additionally, describe to the department how the program provider will do all of the following:

(a) Ensure that instructors approved by the department under sub. (6) are available to the students at reasonable times and by reasonable means.

(b) Provide a reasonable level of examination security for the examination given at the end of each distance education continuing education course.

(c) Sufficiently cover the subjects specified for continuing education courses.

(d) Provide reasonable oversight to ensure that the students who take the examination are the enrolled students.

(e) Provide a reasonable opportunity for student self-evaluation of mastery.

(2)  The educational program and courses shall be available to all registered auctioneers regardless of membership in any organization.

(3)  Program providers shall agree to monitor attendance at the beginning and end of each course and to furnish each participant an individual certificate of completion. Program providers shall retain copies of attendance records and evidence of completion of the courses by registered auctioneers for at least 5 years from the date the courses were presented.

(4)  Program providers shall agree to distribute course evaluation survey forms to registered auctioneers who attend the courses offered by the providers. Program providers shall retain the originals of the completed forms for at least 12 months after the date of completion of the course and, upon request from the department, make them available to the department.

(6)  Course instructors shall be approved by the department. An instructor whose auctioneer registration has been limited, suspended or revoked in Wisconsin or any other jurisdiction 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 auctioneer who is currently practicing auctioneering, and who has engaged in such practice for at least 5 years.

(b) Be an attorney who is engaged in the field of auctioneering-related law.

(c) Be an appraiser who is approved by the AQB of the Appraisal Foundation to provide a 7 hour national USPAP update course.

(d) Be an instructor in a course approved under s. SPS 128.04 (1) and be a person, in good standing in the jurisdiction in which he or she is credentialed, with at least 5 years of education and experience in the subject matter of the approved course.

History: Cr. Register, November, 1996, No. 491 , eff. 12-1-96; CR 02-030 : am. (1), cr. (1m), r. (5), Register September 2002 No. 561 , eff. 10-1-02; CR 11-029 : cr. (6) (c) Register January 2012 No. 673 , eff. 2-1-12; CR 13-056 : am. (6) (a), cr. (6) (d) Register August 2014 No. 704 , eff. 9-1-14.

Note

Applications for educational program and course approval are available from the Department of Safety and Professional Services, Office of Education and Examinations, 1400 East Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 8366, Madison, Wisconsin 53708-8366 or from the department's website at: http://dsps.wi.gov . Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Applications for educational program and course approval are available from the Department of Safety and Professional Services, Office of Education and Examinations, 1400 East Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 8366, Madison, Wisconsin 53708-8366 or from the department's website at http://dsps.wi.gov . Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Applications for approval of instructors are available from the Department of Safety and Professional Services, Office of Education and Examinations, 1400 East Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 8366, Madison, Wisconsin 53708-8366 or from the department's website at: http://dsps.wi.gov . Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1