SUBCHAPTER 7. EXAMINATION
Section
55:10-7-1. Examination required
55:10-7-2. Examination notifications
55:10-7-3. Examination syllabus
55:10-7-4. Deadlines for submissions
55:10-7-5. Examination fee refunds
55:10-7-6. Grading
55:10-7-7. Reexamination
55:10-7-8. Review of examination grades; retention period
55:10-7-9. Transfers of examination grades prior to licensing
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55:10-7-1. Examination required
Approved Candidates for initial registration shall personally appear and pass the required examinations which will be conducted under conditions warranting honest and best results. Candidates can take any section of the examinations that has not been previously passed. After June 30, 1999, all Candidates have a six (6) year time frame to pass all sections of the examination. Any Candidate failing to obtain a passing score on all sections of the examination within the six year period, shall forfeit all credits for any section(s) of the examination previously passed. Board members and/or their representatives will monitor all tests, and Candidates will not be permitted to communicate with one another during examination periods.
55:10-7-2 Examination notifications
Examination information, formats, dates, times and places will be announced in notices mailed to Candidates, at their last known address.
55:10-7-3 Examination syllabus
Examinations offered by the Board will be NCARB and CLARB syllabus, developed by that organization's examination committee and as approved for administration on specified dates. Landscape architectural Candidates and reciprocal Applicants shall in addition be tested upon their knowledge of Oklahoma plant material. All Applicants shall, after completing all other required examinations, take and pass an examination on the Act and these Rules prior to being licensed in the State.
55:10-7-4. Deadlines for submissions
All examination applications, fees and notifications must reach this office by 4:30 p.m. on the due date and postmarks will not be accepted.
55:10-7-5. Examination fee refunds
The Board may return examination fees paid by an Applicant whose application to take the examination has been rejected or for other extenuating circumstances approved by the Board. No refund of the examination application fee shall be returned to any Applicant who takes any of the examination or who voluntarily withdraws after his/her application to take the examination has been approved.
55:10-7-6. Grading
Exams will be graded in accordance with NCARB and CLARB procedures. Minimum passing scores are adopted as recommended by NCARB and CLARB. Minimum passing scores on the landscape architectural plant material and the Act and Rules shall be 75%. Examination Candidates will pass or fail in accordance with the current NCARB and CLARB grading procedures.
55:10-7-7. Reexamination
Prior to June 30, 1999, the Board will allow unlimited opportunities to retake the architectural and landscape architectural examinations previously failed. After June 30, 1999, Candidates shall have a six (6) years from the first sitting for the examination to pass all sections of the examination. Any Candidate failing to obtain a passing score on all sections of the examination within the six year period, shall forfeit all credits for any section(s) of the examination previously passed. Candidates failing to appear for reexamination within a six year period will forfeit any credits for parts passed, and are required to re-apply for admission to the examinations.
55:10-7-8. Review of examination grades; retention period
(a) The Board will not review any sections of the examinations.
(b) The Board will retain test scores on individual sections of the examinations for six years following the date the Candidate first sits for the examination. Final passing scores will be placed in the Registrant's file and retained permanently.
55:10-7-9. Transfers of examination grades prior to licensing
(a) Outgoing transfers. The Board, upon written request, will transfer examination grades given under the Board's jurisdiction to any other duly constituted architectural or landscape architectural registration board and to CLARB and NCARB for use in evaluating such Applicant's eligibility for certification. A transfer to another board shall immediately terminate the Applicant's application with this Board.
(b) Incoming transfers. The Board will not accept, toward initial registration, scores on separate test sections taken in other states by Candidates who did not meet Oklahoma requirements for admission to the exams at the time the exams were taken.
