Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-82 - Lead Training Programs; Environmental Lead Analytical Laboratories › Section 3701-82-01.4 - Third party licensure examination administration

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The director may conduct and administer
			 licensing examinations or contract with a standardized testing service to
			 conduct and administer the licensing examinations. Training programs may not
			 conduct or administer licensing examinations. If the director contracts with a
			 standardized testing service to conduct and administer licensing examinations,
			 the contract shall require that the license examination administrator do at
			 least the following:
(1) Utilize subject
			 matter experts in the development of examinations for licensure;
(2) Develop an item pool for each examination
			 for licensure with a sufficient number of examination items to produce several
			 versions of each examination by discipline with each item being assessed and
			 evaluated for technical accuracy and readability;
(3) Field test each examination to establish
			 the psychometric properties of the examinations, as well as the clarity of
			 instruction, formats, and items;
(4) Have computer capability to maintain an
			 item pool for easy access, retrieval, and scrambling of examination items and
			 maintenance of accurate records of examination items and their use;
(5) Develop examinations that will measure
			 the competency of the individual to provide safe, reliable and competent work
			 activities in the discipline being tested or;
(6) Develop examinations written for a
			 reading comprehension level appropriate for the education and experience
			 requirements of the discipline. Except for the lead abatement worker and
			 clearance technician disciplines, each examination will include at least one
			 hundred operational items with a maximum of two hours allocated for completion
			 of the examination;
(7) Develop
			 examinations that meet the requirements of the USEPA standards and requirements
			 established under sections 402 and 404 of Title IV of the "Toxic Substance
			 Control Act" (1976), 90 Stat. 2003,
			 15
			 U.S.C. 2681
									;
(8) Develop and implement procedures to
			 assure quality control, confidentiality, legal defensibility and security of
			 all examination questions, examinations and material during all stages of
			 examination development, administration and delivery to and from examination
			 sites;
(9) Provide Monday through
			 Saturday Ohio toll-free telephone registration to all examination candidates,
			 with all candidates afforded the opportunity to sit for an examination within
			 one week of registration;
(10)
			 Provide a minimum of four examination sites with at least one site located in
			 the northern, central and southern portions of the state for examination
			 candidate convenience;
(11) Provide
			 examination sites with suitable accommodations including adequate lighting and
			 ventilation, sufficient room for spacing the candidates, chairs and a writing
			 surface, and accessibility to rest rooms, and ensuring that the accommodations
			 are free from distractions that would affect optimal performance on the
			 examination;
(12) Provide easily
			 accessible examination sites with adequate parking facilities and public
			 transportation;
(13) Provide a
			 sufficient number of examination versions to deter cheating or other fraudulent
			 activities;
(14) Provide
			 examination sites designated as non-smoking and accessible to the handicapped
			 or physically challenged;
(15)
			 Provide sufficient trained personnel at each examination site to register
			 candidates, administer the examination, closely monitor testing activities and
			 assure the examination procedure at each examination site is
			 consistent;
(16) Require that all
			 candidates provide proof of successful completion of training applicable to the
			 discipline for which they are being examined and require that candidates
			 provide proof of identification;
(17) Screen each candidate and examine only
			 eligible candidates meeting the required experience, education, and
			 identification requirements for the discipline for which they are being
			 examined;
(18) Collect all license
			 examination fees from the candidates;
(19) Provide the candidate examination
			 results including the passing score and the candidate's numeric score and
			 distribute a certificate to each candidate upon successful examination
			 completion;
(20) Provide an
			 examination diagnostic for candidates failing the examination to assist the
			 student in preparation for re-taking the examination;
(21) Establish capacity to electronically
			 forward examination results to the director within forty-eight hours with
			 transfer of data in the following order and sequence: last name, first name,
			 middle initial, street number, street name, city, state, zip code, social
			 security number, control number, date of birth, exam type, exam date, employing
			 agency, score, and examination version;
(22) Re-administer an examination to any
			 candidate at no charge if the candidates'
examination failure may be due to disruptions or problems
				arising at the examination site;
(23) Examinations for each discipline shall
			 be available for administration at a frequency to meet the demand;
(24) Maintain the security and
			 confidentiality of examination materials before, during and after examination
			 administration;
(25) Establish a
			 data base which meets the approval of the director, and shall include without
			 limitation information concerning pass-fail rates, training program, experience
			 of applicants, applicant education and training level, and location of
			 applicant by region of the state;
(26) Collect sufficient data about each
			 examination and candidate to allow for the generation and assignment of a
			 unique identifier for each examination date and time and for each candidate
			 tested; and
(27) Generate routine
			 examination reports and summaries for the exclusive use of the
			 director.