Examinations for each profession licensed under this subtitle, excluding chapters 152B, 152C, and 152D, shall be conducted at least one time per year at such time as the department may fix in cooperation with each examining board. Examinations may be given at the state university of Iowa at the close of each school year for professions regulated by this subtitle, excluding chapters 152B, 152C, and 152D, and examinations may be given at other schools located in the state at which any of the professions regulated by this subtitle, excluding chapters 152B, 152C, and 152D, are taught. At least one session of each examining board shall be held annually at the seat of government and the locations of other sessions shall be determined by the examining board, unless otherwise ordered by the department. Applicants who fail to pass the examination once shall be allowed to take the examination at the next scheduled time. Thereafter, applicants shall be allowed to take the examination at the discretion of the board. Examinations may be given by an examining board which are prepared and scored by persons outside the state, and examining boards may contract for such services. An examining board may make an agreement with examining boards in other states for administering a uniform examination. An applicant who has failed an examination may request in writing information from the examining board concerning the examination grade and subject areas or questions which the applicant failed to answer correctly, except that if the examining board administers a uniform, standardized examination, the examining board shall only be required to provide the examination grade and such other information concerning the applicant's examination results which are available to the examining board.
[C97, § 2576, 2582, 2589, 2597; S13, § 2575-a29, -a37, 2576, 2582, 2583-a, -i, -k, 2589-a, 2600-c, -d; SS15, § 2589-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2471, 2567, 2572, 2573; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 147.34, 153.3, 153.8, 153.9; C71, 73, § 147.34, 153.2, 153.6, 153.8; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 147.34]
94 Acts, ch 1132, §17
Referred to in § 156.4
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