(a) - (b)(No change.) (c)If an applicant fails the examination, the applicant must apply to take the examination again and pay the appropriate fee within one year from the date of the original application [unsuccessful examination]. If the applicant has not satisfied all examination requirements within one year from the time the board accepted an application for filing [or timely applied to take the examination again], the application is terminated and a new application is required. (d)Examinations shall be administered at locations designated by the board. Applicants may be assigned to an examination date and site. [The assigned site must be the nearest examination site available to the applicant.] An applicant who is registered for an examination and fails to attend shall forfeit the examination fee. (e) - (f)(No change.) [(g)Examination schedules shall be published periodically by the board.] (g)[(h)] Special examinations based on verified physical limitations or other good cause as determined by the board may be arranged for individual applicants. Requests for special examinations will be handled individually and may require medical verification or confirmation. (h)[(i)] Examinees shall comply with all instructions from the board, an examination proctor, or the testing service under contract with the board. Proctors may confiscate examination materials of an examinee giving or receiving or attempting to give or receive unauthorized assistance or answers to examination questions and such examinee will be dismissed from the examination session with a failing grade. Dismissal may result in disapproval of an application. The board, or the testing service under contract with the board, may file theft charges against any person who removes or attempts to remove an examination or any portion thereof or any written material furnished with the examination whether by actual physical removal or by transcription. The board may deny, suspend, or revoke a license or certification for disclosing to another person the content of any portion of an examination with the expectation that the disclosed information would be used by or made available to another applicant. [(j)The Board shall periodically publish guidelines and pre-examination study guides. The periodicals and guidelines shall be updated as necessary and shall be made available to applicants. Except for the examinations and other testing products that require secure and discreet protection, the contents of the study guides and other material developed by the board or with the board's authorization is within the public domain and fee of copyright restrictions. If the material is reproduced for distribution by an entity other than the board, the material may not be sold at a price above the cost of duplication and distribution. The entity may not profit from the distribution of the material.] (i)[(k)] Examination by endorsement: An applicant for a state license or certification who has successfully passed an AQB approved competency examination, and is currently licensed or certified in another jurisdiction and in good standing, will not be required to retake the examination for the same level of licensure or certification to become certified or licensed in Texas. The applicant shall provide appropriate documentation as required.
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of
the
Secretary of State on September 16, 2005
TRD-200504105 Wayne Thorburn
Commissioner
Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board
Earliest possible date of adoption: October 30, 2005
For further information, please call: (512) 465-3950
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