Rule 539-1-.03 - Examinations(1) Any examinee, applicant, candidate for classification, approved instructor, or appraiser who without proper authorization supplies to others, or attempts to supply to others, any information concerning the content of any qualifying examination administered by or approved by the Board shall be grounds for denial of an appraiser classification or the imposition of any sanction permitted by O.C.G.A. Section 43-39A-18.(2) Approved schools and their staff members are prohibited from:(a) obtaining from examinees or others information concerning the content of any qualifying examination administered by or approved by the Board;(b) accepting such information except as provided or approved by the Board; and(c) using such information in non-approved courses operated by or in association with any approved school or their staff members. Violation of this paragraph may be grounds for denial of approved status, withdrawal of approved status, suspension of approved status, or imposing any sanction permitted by O.C.G.A. Section 43-39A-18 upon an approved school.
(3) Unless a person first obtains written permission of the Board, a person may not take any qualifying examination offered by the Board except: (a) to qualify for or to reinstate the classification for which the examination is designed;(b) when: 1. such person holds a classification issued by the Board by reciprocity rather than by examination,2. such person is applying to another state for classification by reciprocity, and 3. the state to which such person is applying requires that an applicant for reciprocity must have passed an examination in Georgia as a condition of receiving a classification by reciprocity in that state; or(c) when such person is required to take a qualifying examination by an Order of the Board in a disciplinary matter.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 539-1-.03
Authority O.C.G.A. Secs. 43-39A-3; 43-39A-8; 43-39A-11; 43-39A-13; 43-39A-14; 43-39A-18.
Original Rule entitled "Examinations" adopted. F. Sept. 25, 1990; eff. Oct. 15, 1990.Amended: F. Mar. 10, 1993; eff. Mar. 30, 1993.Amended: F. June 16, 2005; eff. July 6, 2005.Amended: F. Oct. 18, 2006; eff. Nov. 7, 2006.