Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 01 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle 02 - SECRETARY OF STATE
Chapter 01.02.08 - Notary Public: General Regulations
Section 01.02.08.16 - Course of Study and Examination Standards
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 6, March 22, 2024
A. The course of study shall include the Maryland Notary Public laws, regulations, ethics, procedures, and the Handbook for Maryland Notaries Public. Every topic shall be fully covered so each participant can comply with the aforementioned requirements.
B. The design of the examination shall offer each applicant a mix of questions of comparable difficulty to every other applicant and sourced from each of the sections in the Handbook for Maryland Notaries Public covering the laws, regulations, ethics, and procedures.
C. Instructions for the course and examination shall be comprehensive in scope and explain the requirements of education, how to apply for examinations, when examinations are given, the cost of the course of study and examination, and requirements for passing the examination. Instructions must notify the applicant how to access the current Handbook for Maryland Notaries Public.
D. Each question on the examination must be relevant to the requirements of the Maryland notary public laws, regulations, ethics, procedures, and/or Handbook for Maryland Notaries Public.
E. The provider shall have a robust bank of at least 50 different test questions so that repeat applicants do not receive a statistically sufficient number of previously attempted test questions.
F. The examination shall contain at least 20 questions that are clearly stated in a multiple-choice format, and each applicant must correctly answer at least 80 percent of the questions in order to be issued a Certificate of Passing under Regulation .15E of this chapter.
G. Each question on the examination shall contain 4 multiple-choice answers with only one correct answer.
H. If the provider provides applicants with an electronic examination format, providers shall provide applicants with a secure operating system capable of administering electronic examinations.
I. The testing system shall provide immediate scoring which notifies the applicant of passing or failure at the conclusion of the examination session.
