AI-assisted research summary: The commission sets training, seminar, and exam requirements for licensing or registration, and applicants must complete required training, exams, and seminars before a license or registration is issued.
Sec. 116.034. EXAMINATION AND SEMINAR REQUIREMENTS. (a) The commission may adopt rules providing training and seminar attendance requirements and shall adopt rules providing examination requirements for persons who are required or who wish to be licensed or registered under this chapter. (b) The commission may adopt a reasonable fee to cover the cost of any training, examination, or seminar required by and sponsored or administered by the commission. (c) Before a license or registration may be issued, the person to be licensed or registered must satisfactorily complete any training, examinations, and seminars required by the commission. (d) Not later than the 30th day after the date a person takes a licensing or registration examination under this chapter, the commission shall notify the person of the results of the examination. (e) If the examination is graded or reviewed by a testing or proctoring service: (1) the commission shall notify the person of the results of the examination not later than the 14th day after the date the commission receives the results from the testing or proctoring service; and (2) if notice of the examination results will be delayed for longer than 90 days after the examination date, the commission shall notify the person of the reason for the delay before the 90th day. (f) The commission may require a testing or proctoring service to notify a person of the results of the person's examination. (g) If requested in writing by a person who fails a licensing or registration examination administered under this chapter, the commission shall furnish the person with an analysis of the person's performance on the examination. (h) The commission may recognize, prepare, or administer continuing education programs for its licensees and registrants. A licensee or registrant must participate in the programs to the extent required by the commission to keep the person's license. Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 487, ch. 99, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 57, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1038 (H.B. 1162), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (S.B. 1582), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.