Alabama Administrative Code › Title 364 - ALABAMA BOARD OF LICENSURE FOR PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGISTS › Chapter 364-X-8 - EXAMINATIONS › Section 364-X-8-.08 - Challenges And Appeals To Professional Licensure Examination Tests

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) The Alabama
			 Board of Licensure for Professional Geologists, in agreement with the National
			 Association of State Boards of Geologists (ASBOG), abides by the conditions and
			 procedures as outlined in the examination contract between the Board and ASBOG.
			 The Board, in using the ASBOG examinations, Fundamentals of Geology and
			 Practice of Geology, has agreed to follow the suggested guidelines as provided
			 in Sections 7 and 8 of the ASBOG Examination Contract. Those provisions are as
			 follows:
Section 7.
Appeals of Examination
				Results
.
(a) Any appeals by candidates of the Examination shall be made
				directly to the Member Board.
(b) ASBOG will maintain a copy of the Examination for the
				purpose of legal review. In the event of a statutory appeal from a decision of
				the MEMBER BOARD, ASBOG, upon written request of the MEMBER BOARD,
				shall:
(1) manually re-score or re-grade answer sheets of any of the
				Examinations for a period of up to 90 days after the release of the Examination
				grades by the MEMBER BOARD; and
(2) promptly deliver, along with the above-referenced manually
				graded answer sheet(s), (via secured, traceable means) a copy of the
				Examination and related reference materials. The examination(s) and reference
				materials shall be returned by MEMBER BOARD (via secured, traceable means) to
				ASBOG promptly upon conclusion of appeal.
(c) ASBOG shall further respond to requests from the MEMBER
				BOARD for assistance with respect to challenges to the Examination by providing
				the MEMBER BOARD with written documentation that describes a statistical
				performance of examinations.
Section 8.
Retention of Records
. ASBOG
				shall retain scores, copies of the Examinations, scoring keys and the
				examination candidate's original answer sheet for a period of three (3) years
				after the Examinations are given by the MEMBER BOARD. In the event the MEMBER
				BOARD wants the above-stated documents retained for a period in excess of three
				(3) years from the date of Examinations are given, the MEMBER BOARD shall
				provide written notice of this request to ASBOG at least ninety (90) days prior
				to the end of the retention period.
(2) The Board will not accept challenges or
			 request for appeal from individual examinees as to the results of the
			 examination, if the examinee has a grade of less than 65. Challenges with a
			 score of 65 to 69, when appealing the test score results, may review the
			 examination and select no more than a total of six questions for comprehensive
			 review. If, after review, the challenger still has not achieved a passing score
			 of 70, no further challenge or appeal will be allowed for that particular
			 examination. If the challenger is successful, the test may be re-scored. If the
			 re-score examination is 70, the Board shall pass the examinee.
(3) Questions and challenges directed toward
			 the methodology of preparation and grading of the examinations are to be
			 directed to ASBOG and not to the Board. Scoring statistics of individual
			 examinations are available to the Board upon request.
(4) All costs incurred in a challenge or
			 appeal are to be borne by the challenger. An administrative fee of $100.00 per
			 challenge or appeal must be submitted to the Board in order to initiate a
			 challenge for review. All costs above the administrative fee are to be paid
			 directly to ASBOG as prescribed by ASBOG. Under no circumstances will any part
			 of the Administrative fee be waived or returned to the challenger.
Author:
Thornton L. Neathery
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										34-41-15.