North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 02 - AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 34 - STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL › Section .0300 - LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 34 .0302 - APPLICATION FOR LICENSES AND CARDS: EXAMINATION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a)
				Application for licenses under the provisions of
				G.S.
				106-65.26(a) and (c):
(1) Application for examination shall be on a
				regular form prescribed by the Division. The Committee shall approve
				applications if a complete application was submitted to the Division and all
				criteria under
				G.S.
				106-65.26 has been met.
(2) Upon approval of the application for
				examination, the Committee secretary shall notify the applicant of said
				approval and provide the necessary form(s) for the applicant to pre-register
				for the examination as required in Paragraph (c) of this Rule.
(3) Applications to take the examination
				shall be either typed or printed in ink and sworn to before a notary public or
				some other official authorized by law to administer oaths.
(4) A high-resolution, full-face, head, and
				shoulder photograph of the applicant, taken within the preceding 12 months of
				the date of application, and not less than two and one-half inches square,
				shall be attached to the application.
(5) All applications to take the examination
				shall be retained by the office of the Committee secretary. All documents filed
				in support of an application shall be kept by the office of the Committee
				secretary; provided, however, that the Committee shall permit such documents to
				be withdrawn upon substitution of a true copy. All examinations shall remain
				the property of the Committee.
(6)
				An applicant who fails to pass the license examination within 12 months of the
				approval of his or her application shall be required to provide current
				information concerning his or her qualifications to take the examination to
				ensure that the applicant is still qualified to take the examination.
(7) An applicant who gives or receives
				unauthorized assistance in answering test questions from anyone who is not
				employed by the Division during an examination shall be dismissed from the
				examination and his or her markings or results shall be voided and said
				applicant's examination fee shall be forfeited. Such applicant shall not be
				permitted to take a reexamination for a period of six months from the date of
				the examination.
(8) No person
				shall be admitted to the examination room except members of the Committee, the
				attorney for the Committee, the examining personnel, employees of the
				Structural Pest Control Division, and the applicants for licensure.
(9) Any applicant making a score of 70
				percent or more on any license examination(s) shall be issued a license in that
				phase(s) of structural pest control after submitting a completed application
				with all required fees and insurance documents therefor.
(10) The applicant shall furnish the
				information required by
				G.S.
				106-65.26 and this Rule to establish that
				said applicant possesses qualifications as specified in
				G.S.
				106-65.26 of the Act for the particular
				license(s) which he or she seeks. The Committee or its authorized
				representatives may, based upon their review of the contents of an application,
				make such investigations as the Committee deems necessary to review an
				applicant's qualifications.
(11)
				All applicants passing the examination(s) for licenses shall apply for said
				licenses within six months from the date on which the examinations were taken.
				If such applicants fail to make application for said licenses, within the
				specified period, such applicants shall be required to take and pass
				reexaminations covering phases of structural pest control work for which
				licenses were applied before said licenses are issued.
(12) If an applicant for a license fails an
				examination, he or she may review the examination at the next scheduled review
				session.