Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4101:16 - Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board › Chapter 4101:16-2 - Administrative Section › Section 4101:16-2-03 - Examinations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The
			 administrative section of the board shall schedule the examinations, as
			 directed by the appropriate sections, for individuals seeking a
			  license
			  who have been approved to take an
			 examination by the appropriate sections. The examination for each trade shall
			 be scheduled at least four times a year. The examinations shall be held at
			 various locations throughout the state. The approved applicant shall schedule
			 the date of the examination with the approved testing agency. The
			 administrative section or its designees may monitor the administration of the
			 examination.
(B) The administrative
			 section, in consultation with the appropriate section and the approved testing
			 agency, shall provide an examination consisting
			 of two parts for applicants seeking a license pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the
			 Revised Code. The two parts shall consist of: one part that is specific to the
			 trade to which the applicant has applied, and one part of business and law. The
			 appropriate section may, upon the request of an applicant, permit oral
			 examinations, or other accommodations, if the section determines that an
			 applicant's ability is substantially impaired for any identifiable reason. The
			 appropriate specialty section or the approved testing agency may, upon request
			 of an applicant, permit examinations in a
			 language other than the English language, if the section determines that
			 the applicant's ability to perform is substantially impaired due to lack of
			 fluency in the English language.
(C) Prior to the examination, each applicant
			 will be given printed instructions pertaining to the examination. Failure to
			 comply with those instructions may be cause for expulsion from the examination.
			 Applicants shall not be permitted to communicate
			 with other applicants during the examination.
(D) An applicant that has attained a score of
			 seventy per
			 cent on each part of the examination shall be deemed to have
			 satisfactorily passed the examination. Once an applicant has passed both parts
			 of the examination, the business and law part shall be deemed a passing score
			 for a period of three years from the date the license is issued, in the event
			 that the applicant applies and is approved by the appropriate specialty section
			 to sit for another examination pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised
			 Code.
(E) The examinations shall be
			 initially scored by the authorized testing agency. After the initial scoring
			 has been completed, the appropriate specialty section shall verify final
			 scores. After verifying the final scores, the appropriate specialty section
			 shall approve the applicants who have successfully passed both parts of the
			 examination.
(F)
								Within a
			 reasonable amount of time after the completion of the scoring process pursuant
			 to paragraph (E) of this rule, each individual taking the examination
			 shall be notified  whether the
			 individual passed or failed one or both parts of the examination.
(G) An applicant that fails to pass any part
			 of the examination may retake the part of the examination that the applicant
			 failed upon payment of the appropriate fee to the authorized testing agency.
			 The approval
			 to take the examination shall automatically expire without the taking of any
			 action by the appropriate section or the board's secretary
			 one calendar year from the date of receipt of a
			 completed criminal records check.