NAC641C.220. Examinations.  


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  •      1. An applicant for licensure or certification as a counselor must pass the examination required by the Board with an average score of at least 70 percent.

         2. The Board will mail the results of the written and oral examinations taken by an applicant for licensure or certification to the applicant at his or her last known address.

         3. An applicant for licensure or certification who fails the examination may retake the examination when it is next offered if the applicant applies to the Board to retake the examination and submits a nonrefundable fee. The amount of the fee required by this subsection is equal to the amount required by the testing company used by the Board for those materials necessary to test the applicant.

         4. An applicant for licensure or certification who fails an examination and who does not retake the examination when it is next offered must submit a new application if the applicant wants to take the examination again.

         5. An applicant for licensure or certification who fails the examination for licensure or certification three times may not take the examination again until the applicant has appeared before the Board. The Board will examine the qualifications of such an applicant to sit for an additional examination. The Board may condition the applicant’s taking of an additional examination as the Board deems necessary and appropriate.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam’rs for Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors by R097-00, eff. 8-9-2000; A by R126-01, 1-28-2002)

Notation

REVISER’S NOTE.

      The regulation of the Board of Examiners for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (now Board of Examiners for Alcohol, Drug and Gambling Counselors) filed with the Secretary of State on January 28, 2002 (LCB File No. R126-01), which amended this section, contains the following provision not included in NAC:

      “The amendatory provisions of sections 1 and 3 of this regulation [NAC 641C.205 and 641C.220] apply retroactively to October 1, 1999.”