Opinion ID: 2167002
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The New FLEX Program

Text: Also provided in the record is documentation concerning the current FLEX examination, which was introduced in June of 1985. The document explained various ways in which the current FLEX (i.e., post-1985 FLEX) differed from the pre-1985 FLEX, a most notable difference being that the current FLEX consists of two components as contrasted with the three subject areas characteristic of the pre-1985 FLEX. See FEDERATION OF STATE MEDICAL BOARDS, NEW FLEX PROGRAM (1984). Additionally, the two components comprising the post-1985 FLEX were designed in such a way that each component is graded separately and a passing score has to be obtained for each component. Id. at 8. The component scores are no longer combined to compute a weighted average score. [4]