Ariz. Admin. Code § 4-30-210

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R4-30-210 - Time-frames for Approval to Sit for, or for Waiver of, the Professional, Certification, or Fundamentals Examination

A. Within 60 days of receiving the initial application package to sit for, or for waiver of, the professional, certification, or fundamentals examination, the Board shall finish an administrative completeness review.

1. If the application package is complete, the Board shall notify the applicant that the package is complete and that the administrative completeness review is finished.

2. If the application package is incomplete, the Board shall notify the applicant that the package is deficient and specify the information or documentation that is missing. All time-frames are suspended from the date the notice is mailed to the applicant until the Board receives all missing information or documentation.

3. An applicant with an incomplete application package shall supply the missing information or documentation within 90 days from the date of the notice of deficiencies. If the applicant fails to supply the missing information or documentation, the Board may close the applicant's application file. Any fee paid by the applicant is nonrefundable. An applicant whose file has been closed and who later wishes to sit for the fundamentals, certification, or professional examination, or who requests a waiver of examination, shall submit a new application package and pay the applicable fee.

B. The Board shall complete its substantive review of the application package and render a decision no later than 60 days after the date the Board mails the notice of administrative completeness to the applicant.

1. If the Board finds that the applicant meets all requirements in statute and rule, the Board shall either approve the applicant to sit for the next applicable examination, or the Board shall waive the examination requirement.

2. If the Board finds a deficiency during the substantive review of the application package, the Board shall issue a written request, specifying the additional information or documentation to be submitted and the deadline for submission. The time-frame for substantive review of an application package is suspended from the date the written request for additional information or documentation is mailed until the date that all missing information or documentation is received.

3. If the Board and applicant mutually agree in writing, the Board or its designee shall grant extensions of the substantive review time-frames totaling not more than 30 days.

4. If the applicant fails to supply the missing information or documentation by the deadline date, the Board may close the applicant's application file. Any fee paid by the applicant is non-refundable. An applicant whose file has been closed and who later wishes to sit for the applicable examination or request a waiver of examination shall submit a new application package and pay the applicable fee.

C. Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays are not counted in calculating the number of days under this Section.

D. For the purposes of A.R.S. § 41-1073, the Board establishes the following time-frames for an applicant wishing to sit for the applicable examination or to request a waiver of examination:

1. Administrative completeness review time-frame: 60 days;

2. Substantive review time-frame: 60 days; and

3. Overall time-frame: 120 days.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-30-210

Adopted effective November 10, 1998 (Supp. 98-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 903, effective February 14, 2002 (Supp. 02-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 2798, effective August 7, 2004 (Supp. 04-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 1785, effective 8/5/2018.