Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2145 - Missouri Board of Geologist Registration
Chapter 2 - Licensure Requirements
Section 20 CSR 2145-2.055 - Complaints, Appeals and Challenges of Examination
Universal Citation: 20 MO Code of State Regs 2145-2.055
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes the procedures by which an examination candidate may make a complaint about the examination administration, appeal the examination content and/or make a challenge to the examination.
(1) Examination Administration Complaints.
(A) A candidate may
file a complaint regarding the administration of the examination by sending a
letter to the Missouri Board of Geologist Registration (MBGR), in which the
candidate will describe the basis for the administrative complaint and will
include pertinent information. The letter of complaint must be postmarked no
later than thirty (30) business days after the date of the examination and must
be sent via traceable mail with delivery-signature of receipt required (e.g.,
certified mail).
(B) The MBGR
through the executive director will investigate and determine the validity of
the complaint and will respond to the candidate via traceable mail with
delivery-signature of receipt required (e.g., certified mail).
(2) Content Appeals.
(A) A candidate may begin an appeal process
of an examination by submitting a written request to the board office for one
or more of the following:
1. The line-item
results;
2. A manual regrade;
and/or
3. To inspect his/her
examination papers at the office of the MBGR during mutually convenient normal
business hours.
(B) Said
request(s) must be postmarked no later than thirty (30) business days after
receipt of the examination results and must be sent via traceable mail with
delivery-signature of receipt required (e.g., certified mail). In making the
request(s), the candidate must submit payment of the applicable processing
fee(s) directly to the testing service.
(C) At the time of inspection, no one other
than the examinee and/or his/her attorney and a representative of the MBGR
shall have access to the examination papers, and no material other than the
examination papers may be taken into or out of the inspection room. The
inspection shall not exceed four (4) hours, unless special accommodations are
requested at least seven (7) business days prior to the inspection and are
approved by the executive director.
(3) Examination Challenges.
(A) Within thirty (30) business days after
receiving the requested appeal information and/or inspecting the examination
papers, the candidate may issue a challenge by asking the MBGR to review a
particular question(s). In making such a challenge, the candidate will describe
the basis for the challenge and will include pertinent information. The letter
of challenge must be sent to the board office via traceable mail with
delivery-signature of receipt required (e.g., certified mail).
(B) The MBGR with the executive director will
investigate the challenge and will have a hearing at a mutually agreeable time
to determine the validity of the challenge. The MBGR will hold the hearing and
will respond to the candidate via traceable mail with delivery-signature of
receipting (e.g., certified mail) the challenge within sixty (60) business
days.
(C) In making said challenge,
the candidate agrees to abide by the decision of the MBGR.
*Original authority: 256.462, RSMo 1994.
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