Section 141.210  Invalidation of a Student's State Examination Score

a)         When the examination proctor observes an individual looking at unauthorized notes or reference materials, obviously looking directly at another person's answer sheet or talking during the examination, or when an individual fails to follow the proctor's instructions prior to the examination, the proctor shall immediately confiscate and invalidate the individual's examination.

1)         The proctor shall also confiscate any unauthorized notes or reference materials.

2)         The proctor shall submit a written explanation of the facts involved in the invalidation of the student's examination with any confiscated materials to the Division Manager of Personnel Standards and Education.

b)         Confiscated materials will be retained by the Office.

c)         When the Office determines that evidence involved in the invalidation of an individual's State examination is accurate, then:

1)         The individual will not be permitted to take another State examination for 120 days.

2)         The Office shall inform the individual's Chief of the invalidation.

d)         Any individual whose examination paper is confiscated under subsection (a) may request a hearing within 20 days after the event.  The hearings will be governed by Section 141.50.

e)         In case of a training facility's failure to maintain records of training and to produce those records before the individual takes the examination or claims reimbursement for training costs, the individual's exam grades for that subject will be invalidated.

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 5780, effective April 2, 2009)