21 NCAC 08F .0105          CONDITIONING REQUIREMENTS

(a)  Passing Grades. A candidate shall pass all sections of the examination with a grade of 75 or higher on each section.

(b)  Military Service. A candidate who is on active military service shall not have the time on active military service counted against Subparagraph (c)(1) of this Rule unless the candidate applies to take the examination during the active military service, in which case each month a candidate sits shall be counted toward Subparagraph (c)(1) of this Rule.

(c)  A candidate is subject to the following conditioning requirements:

(1)           a candidate shall earn a passing grade on all sections of the examination within a 30-month period;

(2)           a candidate may sit for any section of the examination individually and in any order;

(3)           a candidate may retake the same section of the examination as many times during a one-year period as determined by the examination vendors but shall not retake a failed test section until the candidate has been notified of the score of the most recent attempt of that failed section;

(4)           credit awarded by the Board for passage of a section of the examination shall be valid for a 30-month period from the date the passing scores are released by the examination vendors;

(5)           the 30-month period begins on the date the first passing score is released to the candidate and concludes with the sit date of the final passed examination section, regardless of when the score is released by the examination vendors for the final passed section. A candidate, after earning credit for the initial passed section, must complete the remaining test sections of the examination by the last day of the 30-month period. If all four sections of the examination are not passed within the 30-month period, credit for any test section passed outside of the 30-month period shall expire; and

(6)           notwithstanding Subparagraphs (c)(1), (c)(4), and (c)(5) of this Rule, the period of time in which to pass all test sections of the examination may be extended by the Board upon a showing that the credit was lost by reason of circumstances beyond the testing candidate's control.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 93-12(3); 93-12(4); 93-12(5);

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Readopted Eff. September 26, 1977;

Amended Eff. February 1, 2011; January 1, 2006; January 1, 2004; August 1, 1998; April 1, 1994; April 1, 1991; March 1, 1990;

Readopted Eff. February 1, 2016;

Amended Eff. April 1, 2024; September 1, 2023; January 1, 2020.