20:14:09:01Professional association membership as basis for exclusion prohibited.

A state-certified general, state-certified residential, state-licensed, or registered trainee appraiser may not be excluded from consideration for an assignment solely by virtue of membership or lack of membership in any particular appraisal organization. Consideration for an assignment may be based on education achieved, experience, sample appraisals, and references from prior clients.

Source: 18 SDR 36, effective August 25, 1991; 20 SDR 9, effective August 1, 1993; 22 SDR 91, effective January 1, 1996; 23 SDR 113, effective January 12, 1997; 38 SDR 116, effective January 10, 2012; 49 SDR 48, effective November 22, 2022; 49 SDR 48, effective October 1, 2023.