21 NCAC 18B .0209          FEES

(a)  The fees for qualifying applicants for examination shall be one hundred and twenty-five ($125.00) for all classifications.

(b)  The fee for review of a failed examination is twenty-five dollars ($25.00). All reviews shall be supervised by the Board or staff.

(c)  The fees for applicants for examination and the fees for examination reviews shall be in the form of cash, check, money order, Visa, or Mastercard made payable to the Board and shall accompany the respective applications when filed with the Board.

(d)  The fees for applicants for examination received with applications filed for qualifying examinations shall be nonrefundable unless:

(1)           an application is not filed as prescribed in Rule .0210 of this Section, in which case sixty dollars ($60.00) of the fees for applicants for examination shall be returned and the application shall be returned; or

(2)           the applicant does not take the examination during the period for which application was made, files a written request for a refund setting out extenuating circumstance, and the Board finds extenuating circumstances.

(e)  Examination review fees are non-refundable unless the applicant does not take the review, files a written request for a refund, setting out extenuating circumstance, and the Board finds extenuating circumstances.

(f)  Any fee retained by the Board shall not be creditable toward any future examination fee or examination review.

(g)  Extenuating circumstances for the purposes of Subparagraph (d)(2) and Paragraph (e) of this Rule are the applicant's illness, bodily injury or death, or death of the applicant's spouse, child, parent, or sibling, or a breakdown of the applicant's transportation to the designated site of the examination or examination review.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 87-42; 87-44;

Eff. October 1, 1988;

Amended Eff. May 1, 1998; July 1, 1989;

Temporary Amendment Eff. June 30, 2000;

Temporary Amendment Eff. August 31, 2001;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2011; January 1, 2008; December 4, 2002;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. February 2, 2016;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2023; July 1, 2016.