1. (a) Providers shall use attendance rosters or an assessment measurement to certify completion of a classroom continuing education course. Attendance of at least 90% of the course is required to complete the course when using attendance rosters. A means to ensure that the licensee attended the full or at least 90% of the course shall be established. Attendance records must include at a minimum: sign-in and sign-out sheets, the legible names, addresses, and TDI ID number of each licensee in attendance.

2. (b) Providers shall use a written examination to evaluate the licensee's competency and the effectiveness of continuing education courses that do not use monitored attendance and classroom courses that do not use attendance as the means of completion. Course records must include at a minimum: the name of the exam monitor, the date the exam was taken, the final examination score, the examination version used, the legible name, address and the TDI ID number of each licensee for each examination attempt. The written examination shall meet the criteria set forth in paragraphs (1)-(7) of this subsection:

   1. (1) Final examination questions shall not be the same or substantially the same questions the licensee previously encountered in the course materials or review exams and cannot be designed such that the correct answer is obvious by its content.
   2. (2) Security measures shall be in place to maintain the integrity of the examination and ensure that the enrolled licensee is the individual who took the examination.
   3. (3) Answers to the examination shall not be given to the licensees at any time before, during or after the course.
   4. (4) Examinations shall be graded by an authorized staff member.
   5. (5) Licensees shall be allowed to retake an examination if a 70% passing score is not achieved. The retest shall consist of an alternate examination consisting of different questions from the original examination.
   6. (6) Final examinations shall consist of at least three complete exams which are distributed alternatively to enrollees of the course and are revised/updated every two years by the provider consistent with the course update/revision.
   7. (7) The final examination shall be monitored by a disinterested third party not related to the licensee and taken without the use of the course materials or personal notes. The final examination must be provided in a separate, sealed envelope and only opened by the person who will be monitoring the licensee's final examination. Upon completion of the examination, the person monitoring the examination should mail the completed examination directly to the provider.
3. (c) Providers shall issue certificates of completion to licensees who successfully complete a registered course. The certificate must be issued in a manner which will ensure that the person receiving the certificate is the licensee who took the course, must be issued within a reasonable period of time, and completed to reflect the date the licensee took the course/examination. The completed certificate must include the course and licensee information specified in §19.1006(d)(6) of this title (relating to Course Criteria).

Source Note:The provisions of this §19.1009 adopted to be effective January 10, 1997, 22 TexReg 49.