Question:

In my role as an appraiser, I perform many assignments that are not appraisal, appraisal review, or appraisal consulting services.  Does the SCOPE OF WORK RULE apply to these assignments?

Response:

No.  The SCOPE OF WORK RULE applies only to appraisal, appraisal review, and appraisal consulting assignments.  These are the same assignments that STANDARDS 1 through 10 address.

Assignments where STANDARDS 1 though 10 do not apply (for example, teaching appraisal courses, providing sales data, collecting market data, analyzing reproduction costs, developing educational texts) still require an appraiser to comply with those portions of USPAP that apply to appraisal practice.  These include the DEFINITIONS, PREAMBLE, the Conduct, Management, and Confidentiality sections of the ETHICS RULE, the COMPETENCY RULE and the JURISDICTIONAL EXCEPTION RULE.