1. (a) The board will grant a full refund of the examination fee if the applicant withdraws from the examination and the board receives notification in writing prior to the deadline for applying for the examination (March 15 or September 15).

2. (b) The board will grant a refund of one-half of the total examination fee paid if: the applicant submits an incomplete application for the examination and does not remedy the deficiency, and as a result is not permitted to take the examination; or the applicant withdraws after the filing deadline because of extreme hardship.

   1. (1) Extreme hardship shall be defined as a serious illness of the candidate or member of the immediate family or death of an immediate family member. Any other extreme hardship situation will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the board.
   2. (2) All requests for refunds based on extreme hardships must be in writing and provide documentation of the extreme hardship requiring withdrawal from the examination. The requests for refunds for the May examination must be received by the board on or before the 15th of November following the examination. The request for refund for the November examination must be received by the board on or before the 15th of May following the examination.
3. (c) No examination fee will be transferred to a subsequent examination.

Source Note:The provisions of this §511.76 adopted to be effective November 1, 1989, 14 TexReg 5549; amended to be effective October 30, 1991, 16 TexReg 5827; amended to be effective December 15, 1993, 18 TexReg 8910; amended to be effective December 14, 1999, 24 TexReg 11105.