1. (a) An Applicant must apply for interior design registration by examination as described in Section 5.33.
2. (b) The NCIDQ examination shall be administered once during the spring and once during the fall of every year.
3. (c) In order for an Applicant to take the NCIDQ examination in the spring, the Applicant's application and supporting documentation must be postmarked or received by the Board no later than December 1st of the preceding year. In order for an Applicant to take the NCIDQ examination in the fall, the Applicant's application and supporting documentation must be postmarked or received by the Board no later than June 1st. If the deadline falls on a date when the Board's office is closed, the application and supporting documentation must be postmarked or received by the Board no later than the next date when the Board's office is open.
4. (d) A Candidate who is approved to take the NCIDQ examination must appear personally for examination as directed in the notification letter sent to the Applicant. In order to be admitted for examination, the Candidate must present the candidate's identification card that was mailed to the Candidate prior to the examination date and must present a separate official form of identification bearing a recent photograph of the Candidate.
5. (e) Each Candidate shall be responsible for taking to the examination all tools necessary to complete the examination.
6. (f) An explanation of the scoring procedures for the NCIDQ examination shall be provided to each Candidate before the examination is administered to the Candidate.
7. (g) A Candidate's NCIDQ examination scores shall be determined by the entity that administers the examination. The Board shall not review any NCIDQ examination score to determine its validity.
8. (h) If, for any reason, a Candidate takes a section or sections of the NCIDQ examination but does not receive a score for the section or sections, the Board shall have no liability beyond authorizing the Candidate to retake the section or sections with the corresponding fee waived.

Source Note:The provisions of this §5.52 adopted to be effective October 11, 2001, 26 TexReg 7860.