PURPOSE: This rule describes the conditions and procedures for examination.

1. (1) The board shall approve the content and form of all examinations administered to applicants for licensure.
2. (2) Administration of examinations shall be scheduled at least quarterly if one (1) or more applicants are awaiting examination.
3. (3) Applicants shall receive written notice of date, time and place of examination. The examination must be taken within twelve (12) months of the written notice of board evaluation and qualification. Failure to do so will cause full reapplication to be necessary.
4. (4) Individuals making initial application for licensure, within twenty-one (21) days of a board meeting date, may be required to wait until a subsequent date to be evaluated.
5. (5) Applicants shall obtain a passing score on the examination(s) administered by the board. The passing score shall be based upon the scale score passing point of one hundred thirteen (113) on the federal portion of the examination and seventy-five percent (75%) on the state portion of the examination.
6. (6) If an applicant fails to make a passing grade on one or both of the required examination, the applicant may make application for reexamination and may be retested at the next regularly scheduled examination. If an applicant fails only one of the required examinations and then fails to retake and pass the examination within a twelve (12)-month period, the applicant shall be required to take and pass both examinations before the board will issue the applicant a license. The application for reexamination must be received by the board at least twenty-eight (28) days in advance of the scheduled examination time in order to allow sufficient opportunity for preparation.
7. (7) If an applicant fails the examination a third time, the applicant must complete a course of instruction prescribed and approved by the board. After completion of the boardprescribed course of instruction, the applicant may reapply for board-approved examination(s). No appplicant shall be licensed by the board after a third licensure examination failure unless the applicant successfully completes the board-prescribed course of instruction and passes the board-approved examination(s). With regard to any nationally certified examination required for licensure, no examination scores from other states shall be recognized by the board after the applicant has failed for a third time to pass the examination.
8. (8) Each application for reexamination must be accompanied by an examination fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) which is nonrefundable.

AUTHORITY: section 344.070, RSMo Supp. 1998.* Original rule filed May 13, 1980, effective Aug. 11, 1980. Amended: Filed Oct. 16, 1985, effective March 14, 1986. Amended: Filed Oct. 1, 1987, effective Jan. 14, 1988. Amended: Filed Dec. 4, 1989, effective March 1, 1990. Emergency amendment filed Dec. 13, 1991, effective Dec. 23, 1991, expired April 20, 1992. Amended: Filed Jan. 3, 1992, effective May 14, 1992. Amended: Filed April 30, 1998, effective Oct. 30, 1998. Amended: Filed March 1, 1999, effective Aug. 30, 1999. *Original authority 1969, amended 1979, 1993, 1995.