Texas Administrative Code
Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
Part 8 - TEXAS APPRAISER LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION BOARD
Chapter 153 - RULES RELATING TO PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS APPRAISER LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION ACT
Section 153.11 - Examinations

(1) An examination required for any license issued by the Board will be conducted by the testing service with which the Board has contracted for the administration of examinations.

(2) Each examination shall be consistent with the examination criteria and examination content outline of the AQB for the category of license sought. To become licensed, an applicant must achieve a passing score acceptable to the AQB on the examination.

(3) Successful completion of the examination is valid for a period of 24 months.

(4) An applicant who fails the examination three consecutive times may not apply for reexamination or submit a new license application unless the applicant submits evidence satisfactory to the Board that the applicant has completed 15 additional hours of qualifying education after the date the applicant failed the examination for the third time.

(1) The examination fee must be paid each time the examination is taken.

(2) An applicant who is registered for an examination and fails to attend shall forfeit the examination fee.

(1) To be admitted to an examination, applicants must present the following documents:

(2) The testing service shall deny entrance to the examination to any person who cannot provide adequate identification.

(3) The testing service may refuse to admit an applicant who arrives after the time the examination is scheduled to begin or whose conduct or demeanor would be disruptive to other persons taking examinations at the testing location.

(1) The testing service may confiscate examination materials, dismiss an applicant, and fail the applicant for violating or attempting to violate the confidentiality of the contents of an examination.

(2) No credit shall be given to applicants who are dismissed from an examination, and dismissal may result in denial of an application.

(3) The Board, or the testing service under contract with the Board, may file theft charges against any person who removes or attempts to remove an examination or any portion thereof or any written material furnished with the examination whether by actual physical removal or by transcription.

(4) The Board may deny, suspend, or revoke a license for disclosing to another person the content of any portion of an examination.