Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 43, October 25, 2024
Section 64-25-6 - Certification Examinations6.1. The Commissioner shall schedule the two part (written and performance) examination for those applicants who meet the requirements in Section 4 of this rule and shall notify the applicants at least fourteen (14) days before the scheduled examination date.6.2. The examinations shall consist of a performance examination and a closed book written examination. Exceptions to the written part are: 6.2.a. An applicant may make written request to the director at least thirty (30) days before a scheduled examination date for an oral examination to be given instead of the written examination; 6.2.a.1. Before an oral examination will be given, an applicant shall obtain written approval from the Commissioner; and6.2.a.2. The taking of an oral examination shall not affect the performance examination requirement.6.2.b. All examinations shall be administered in English.6.3. Examination grade. 6.3.a. An applicant's certification status shall be determined by the examination grade.6.3.b. To pass the examination, an applicant is required to make a minimum grade of seventy percent (70%) on the written examination, and must demonstrate competence to the Commissioner on the performance examination.6.3.c. An applicant who does not receive a passing grade on the written or successfully complete the performance examination shall wait a minimum of sixty (60) days before applying for reexamination.6.3.d. An applicant who fails an examination three (3) times shall wait a minimum of one (1) year before reexamination.6.4. Ineligible Applicants: 6.4.a. The Commissioner shall declare the examination scores of any applicant who corrupts or attempts to corrupt the examination process invalid and shall declare the applicant ineligible for certification upon discovery of the applicant's conduct.6.4.b. Conduct resulting in invalidation of the examination includes: 6.4.b.1. Any action that violates the security of examination materials, such as removal of any examination materials from the examination room;6.4.b.2. Communicating with any other examinee or permitting one's answers to be copied by another examinee; or6.4.b.3. Falsifying or misrepresenting information for admission to the examination, impersonating an examinee or having someone else take the licensing examination on one's own behalf.