Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. Within 60 days of receiving the initial
application package to sit for, or for waiver of, the professional,
certification, or fundamentals examination, the Board shall finish an
administrative completeness review.
1. If the
application package is complete, the Board shall notify the applicant that the
package is complete and that the administrative completeness review is
finished.
2. If the application
package is incomplete, the Board shall notify the applicant that the package is
deficient and specify the information or documentation that is missing. All
time-frames are suspended from the date the notice is mailed to the applicant
until the Board receives all missing information or documentation.
3. An applicant with an incomplete
application package shall supply the missing information or documentation
within 90 days from the date of the notice of deficiencies. If the applicant
fails to supply the missing information or documentation, the Board may close
the applicant's application file. Any fee paid by the applicant is
nonrefundable. An applicant whose file has been closed and who later wishes to
sit for the fundamentals, certification, or professional examination, or who
requests a waiver of examination, shall submit a new application package and
pay the applicable fee.
B. The Board shall complete its substantive
review of the application package and render a decision no later than 60 days
after the date the Board mails the notice of administrative completeness to the
applicant.
1. If the Board finds that the
applicant meets all requirements in statute and rule, the Board shall either
approve the applicant to sit for the next applicable examination, or the Board
shall waive the examination requirement.
2. If the Board finds a deficiency during the
substantive review of the application package, the Board shall issue a written
request, specifying the additional information or documentation to be submitted
and the deadline for submission. The time-frame for substantive review of an
application package is suspended from the date the written request for
additional information or documentation is mailed until the date that all
missing information or documentation is received.
3. If the Board and
applicant mutually agree in writing, the Board or its designee shall grant
extensions of the substantive review time-frames totaling not more than 30
days.
4. If the applicant fails to supply the missing
information or documentation by the deadline date, the Board may close the
applicant's application file. Any fee paid by the applicant is non-refundable.
An applicant whose file has been closed and who later wishes to sit for the
applicable examination or request a waiver of examination shall submit a new
application package and pay the applicable fee.
C. Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays are
not counted in calculating the number of days under this Section.
D. For the purposes of A.R.S. §
41-1073,
the Board establishes the following time-frames for an applicant wishing to sit
for the applicable examination or to request a waiver of examination:
1. Administrative completeness review
time-frame: 60 days;
2. Substantive
review time-frame: 60 days; and
3.
Overall time-frame: 120 days.
