Section 350-71-004 - CRITERIA004.01 Criteria for approval of continuing education courses shall be as follows: 004.01A The continuing education courses must contribute to the maintenance and improvement of the quality of assessment and be offered by an approved provider;004.01B Credit hours for the same continuing education course, or if in the opinion of the Property Tax Administrator as an activity so similar as to be indistinguishable in content, shall be approved only once in each four year period;004.01C Education courses approved by the Nebraska Real Estate Appraiser Board shall be approved as continuing education courses for continuing education credit.004.01D To obtain credit for course(s) approved or similar in content offered outside the state of Nebraska, an applicant may request the Property Tax Administrator to approve the course(s) for the appropriate number of hours for re-certification credit.004.01E Instructors, who are certificate holders, may receive continuing education hours for instructing approved continuing education courses. An instructor may receive one/half (1/2) hour of continuing education credit for each hour of instruction. No course may be counted more than once in a four year period.004.01F Presentations offered by the Property Tax Administrator at the County Assessors Association of Nebraska workshops and the Nebraska Association of County Officials district meetings shall be approved as a continuing education course for continuing education credit.004.02 Criteria for approval of providers of assessment courses of study shall be as follows: 004.02A The provider must submit to the Property Tax Administrator a schedule of planned courses including dates and locations of all educational offerings they are seeking approval for at least 90 days prior to the first scheduled class session; 004.02A(1) The Property Tax Administrator may waive the ninety (90) days approval period. 004.02B The provider must submit to the Property Tax Administrator a schedule of planned courses including dates and locations for all educational offerings that have been approved at least fourteen (14) days prior to the first scheduled class session.004.02C Each provider shall keep attendance records in a manner intended to insure full time attendance by students;004.02D A document certifying satisfactory completion must be issued by the provider to each student upon completion of the course of study or continuing education activity;004.02E The Property Tax Administrator shall notify providers seeking approval for courses for certification and educational credit in writing of the approval or disapproval of such courses and shall provide reasons for that determination.004.02F In the event that a provider shall feel aggrieved as to the Property Tax Administrator's determination of disapproval of a course for continuing education, the provider may file a protest with the Tax Commissioner within thirty (30) days of that determination, pursuant to the Practice and Procedure Regulations, Chapter 90.350 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 71, § 004