Florida Administrative Code › 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › 5J - Division of Consumer Services › Chapter 5J-17 - PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS AND MAPPERS › Section 5J-17.0321 - Examination Administration

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) During the
				examination, the candidates will follow the instructions of the examination
				supervisor. The candidates will be permitted to ask reasonable questions of the
				Department's or testing vendor's examination supervisor and proctors relating
				to the instructions.
(2) The valid
				admission slip for the specified examination and a government-issued, signature
				bearing, photo I.D. such as driver's license, must be presented in order to
				gain admission to the examination. The first and last name on an examinee's
				I.D. and examination admission slip must match. Student I.D.s are not
				acceptable identification.
(3) If
				the candidate arrives at the designated testing location after the designated
				starting time for an examination administered by the Department, the candidate
				will be permitted to take the examination only after the candidate has signed a
				statement clearly indicating the candidate's late arrival time, and agreeing
				that the candidate will have only the remaining designated time in the
				examination to complete the examination. Any candidate who refuses to sign such
				a statement will be disqualified from the examination and may apply to the
				Department for scheduling for the next available examination. If, when the late
				candidate arrives, any other candidate has already finished the examination and
				left the examination room, the late candidate will not be permitted to sit for
				the examination and must apply to the Department for scheduling for the next
				available examination. For examinations administered by a vendor and national
				examinations, late candidates shall comply with the vendor's or the national
				examination organization's policies and procedures.
(4) Administration requirements set forth by
				any national board and council will be complied with in the administration of
				the specific examination.
(5) All
				examination items, answer sheets, other examination papers, computer files, and
				materials are the sole property of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
				Services or the national provider. No candidate shall take any of the
				examination questions, answer sheets, other examination papers, computer files,
				and materials from the examination room or retain, reproduce, or compromise the
				materials in whole or in part by any means or method whatsoever.
(6) For vendor administered examinations,
				candidates are permitted to test out of state, subject to fees charged by the
				vendor to the candidates for this service.
(7) The examination supervisor, proctors, and
				testing vendor are the Department's designated agents in maintaining a secure
				and proper examination administration.
(8) The Department and its designated agents
				may use any technology to protect the integrity and security of any license
				examination.
(9) Any individual
				found by the Department or the Board to have engaged in conduct which subverts
				or attempts to subvert the examination process shall have his or her scores on
				the examination withheld and/or declared invalid, be disqualified from the
				practice of the profession, and/or be subject to the imposition of penalties
				authorized under Chapter 472, F.S., including but not limited to, criminal
				penalties under Section
				472.0132 or
				472.031, F.S., as well as the
				administrative penalties set forth at Section
				472.0351(2),
				F.S.
(10) Conduct which subverts or
				attempts to subvert the examination process includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Conduct which violates the security of
				the examination materials, such as removing from the examination room any of
				the examination materials; reproducing or reconstructing any portion of the
				licensing examination; aiding by any means in the reproduction or
				reconstruction of any portion of the licensing examination; selling,
				distributing, buying, receiving or having unauthorized possession of any
				portion of a future or current licensing examination.
(b) Conduct which violates the standard of
				test administration, such as communicating with any other examinee during the
				administration of the examination; copying answers from another examinee or
				permitting one's answers to be copied by another examinee during the
				administration of the examination; having in one's possession during the
				administration of the licensing examination any book, notes, written or printed
				materials or data of any kind, other than the examination materials distributed
				or specifically listed as approved materials for the examination room in the
				information provided to the examinee in advance of the examination date by the
				Department and/or the national supplier of the examination.
(c) Conduct which violates the credentialing
				process, such as falsifying or misrepresenting educational credentials or other
				information required for admission to the examination; impersonating an
				examinee or having an impersonator take the licensing examination on one's own
				behalf.