Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1301:5 - Division of Real Estate › Chapter 1301:5-1 - Licensing › Section 1301:5-1-05 - Examinations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) An applicant
			 must take the real estate examination in accordance with the instructions
			 provided by the testing vendor. The applicant shall have twelve months from the
			 date the division notifies the testing vendor of the applicant's testing
			 eligibility to pass both portions of the examination.
The applicant must notify, in
				writing, the division and the sponsoring
				principal broker of any change in application status, including a change
				of name or address, that occurs during the twelve month eligibility period or
				any event that would affect the fitness of the applicant
				to take the examination, including but not limited to, a felony conviction, or
				conviction for crime involving moral turpitude.
(B) The applicant for the real estate broker
			 license shall submit a one hundred dollar application processing fee payable to
			 the division with each application submitted. All applicants shall submit a
			 separate examination fee payable to the testing vendor to be seated for the
			 real estate broker examination.
(C)
								Examinations fees shall be set forth in the agreement
			 between the superintendent and the testing vendor.
(D)
								The applicant for the real estate sales license shall
			 submit a sixty dollar application processing fee payable to the division with
			 each application submitted. All applicants shall submit a separate examination
			 fee payable to the testing vendor to be seated for the real estate sales
			 examination.
(E)
								The content of the examination
			 will be segmented into one portion on national law comprising two-thirds of the
			 examination, and one portion on Ohio state law, comprising the remaining
			 one-third of the examination. The broker license applicant must achieve a
			 scaled score of at least seventy-five per cent on each portion of the
			 examination in order to be considered as passing both portions. The salesperson
			 license applicant must achieve a scaled score of at least seventy per cent on
			 each portion of the examination in order to be considered as passing both
			 portions.
If the applicant achieves a passing
				scaled score on one portion of the examination, but not both, then the
				applicant need only retake and pass the failed portion to achieve complete
				passage of the examination. To retake the failed portion(s), the applicant must
				reapply and remit a new application processing fee payable to the division. The
				applicant must also remit the examination fee payable to the testing vendor
				upon retaking the examination.
(F) An applicant for licensure will have only
			 the twelve month eligibility period to successfully pass both portions of the
			 examination. If the applicant passes one portion and fails the other, the
			 portion of the examination passed shall remain valid for the duration of the
			 eligibility period. If the applicant fails to retake and/or pass any failed
			 portion of the examination within the eligibility period, the portion
			 previously passed shall be considered invalid and the applicant's file shall be
			 closed. An applicant for licensure must then submit a new application together
			 with a new application processing fee payable to the division and a new
			 examination fee payable to the testing vendor. The applicant must also retake
			 both portions of the examination.
(G) Each applicant shall bring to the
			 examination one form of government-issued photo
			 identification and any other form of identification required by the testing
			 vendor. No applicant shall be admitted to the examination unless such
			 identification is submitted to the examiner prior to taking
			 the examination.
(H) If the
			 division receives any form of notice from the testing vendor of applicant
			 misconduct prior to, during or subsequent to the examination, the
			 superintendent shall deny 
								the applicant's application for licensure and
			 prohibit the applicant from taking the examination for a period
			 of twelve months from the date of misconduct.
(I) Within thirty days of the examination
			 date, any applicant who passes the broker examination shall
			 do one of the following:
(1)
									Activate the
			 broker license;
(2)
									Place the broker license on deposit and, if desired;
			 or
(3)
									Reactivate the sales license.