Section 1400.20  Duties of the Board of Examiners

a)         The Board shall receive all applications for examinations under the Act, shall examine all evidence submitted in support of or in opposition to such applications, and shall issue letters of approval to the candidates to take the examination sections.  The candidate shall contact a test center identified by the Board to schedule the time and place for the examination at an approved test site.

b)         The Board shall inform the candidates of the addresses and telephone numbers of the testing sites, shall advertise the same according to the provisions of the Act, and shall oversee the conduct of such examinations.

c)         The Board shall contract with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) who shall deliver examination questions via a Virtual Private Network to designated testing centers to be stored encrypted until such time as they are provided to the examination candidate.

d)         The Board shall determine the scores of all candidates who have taken the examinations under the Act and shall certify the names of the candidates who attain passing scores and satisfy the other qualifications prescribed by the Act and this Part.

e)         The Board shall receive all applications for the certified public accountant certificate filed under Section 5 of the Act, shall examine all evidence submitted in support of or in opposition to such applications, and shall certify the names of the applicants whose qualifications have been determined by the Board to comply with the provisions of this Part.

f)          The Board shall receive all applications for the certified public accountant certificate filed under Section 1400.160(d) of this Part, shall examine all evidence submitted in support of or in opposition to such applications, and shall certify the names of the applicants whose qualifications have been determined by the Board to comply with the provisions of the Act and this Part.

(Source:  Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 19524, effective November 21, 2005)