(a) The following applies to an applicant for an endorsement area who holds an Arkansas standard license:

1. (1) An applicant who completes coursework and testing out-of-state for the purpose of adding a licensure area to the Arkansas standard license by reciprocity shall first have the areas added to the applicant’s out-of-state license and then may apply for reciprocity to add the areas to the Arkansas license; and
2. (2) An endorsement area that is identified by this part as an exception area endorsement will not be added by testing out through reciprocity unless the applicant provides documentation that the applicant has been employed in the reciprocal state.