New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 3A - BOARD OF TREE EXPERTS
Subchapter 3 - LICENSING
Section 7:3A-3.7 - Board review of Licensed Tree Care Operator Examination applications

(a) The Board shall administer the processing of the applications. The Board shall notify a candidate in writing when his or her application is received and is deemed complete.

(b) The Board shall review each complete application received and determine whether the application indicates that the candidate meets the requirements set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:3A-3.6(a) and, therefore, qualifies to take the licensed tree care operator licensure examination.

(c) If the Board, based on its review of an application, determines that the candidate qualifies to take the licensure examination, the Board shall notify the candidate in writing of this determination. Upon receipt of the notification the candidate shall register on-line on the Board's website at www.njtreeexperts.org for a scheduled forthcoming licensure examination and submit to the Board the applicable examination fee, set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:3A-6.1(a). The candidate shall register for an examination and pay the examination fee at least 30 days prior to the examination date.

(d) If the Board is unable to verify by at least 10 days before the examination date that a candidate has registered and the examination fee has been paid in full, the candidate will not to be admitted to the examination.

(e) If the candidate takes the licensure examination and receives a passing grade determined in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:3A-4.1(f), the Board shall notify the candidate in writing, after voting to certify the examination results, that he or she has qualified for initial licensure as a licensed tree care operator and that upon payment of the license initial fee listed at N.J.A.C. 7:3A-6.1(a), the Board shall grant the candidate a license.

(f) Upon receipt of the payment of the license initial fee, the Board shall assign the individual a license number and issue to the individual a license certificate and a license card that display the license number and evidence his or her licensure as a licensed tree care operator.

(g) If the Board, based on its review of an application carried out pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:3A-3.6(a), determines the candidate does not meet one or more of the requirements set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:3A-3.6(a), the Board shall deny the application and notify the candidate in writing of the reasons for the denial. A denial of a candidate's application shall not prevent a candidate from correcting an application's deficiency(ies) and resubmitting it within 30 days, or subsequently submitting a new application and payment of a new license application fee.

(h) The Board's determination as to a candidate's qualification to take the licensed tree care operator licensure examination shall constitute a final agency action for purposes of review under the Administrative Procedure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 et seq., unless the candidate elects to request an adjudicatory hearing pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:3A-10.1 and the adjudicatory hearing procedure results in the Board's original determination not being upheld.