Section 186 - Inspection of Examination PapersExamination papers shall be open to inspection only as provided by these regulations.
(a) Upon request to the Department and/or designated appointing power, competitors shall be allowed to inspect a keyed copy of their answers to the examination for the express purpose of ensuring their answers were correctly keyed. Such inspection shall occur during regular office hours in the seven calendar days beginning on the first working day after a written examination has been held and at any of the offices of the Department or such other places as may be designated by the Department.(b) The following shall not be made available for review: (1) Confidential examination materials pursuant to Government Code 18934.(2) Keyed copies of copyrighted or standardized examinations.(c) For examinations given to fill urgent and immediate vacancies in the state service, the Department may provide that there will be no key inspection privileges. Notice of the suspension of this privilege shall be made a part of the written examination instructions given to each competitor at the time of the written examination.(d) The competitor may, during the period of inspection provided above, file with the Department a written appeal from any part of the written examination, citing the item or items against which the appeal is directed and stating the reason for such appeal. The written examination shall not be scored until all the disputed items have been reviewed and appropriate adjustment, if any, made by correction in the scoring key or elimination of the disputed items. In no event is the Department required to furnish keyed copies of questions of an essay or problem type when in the judgment of the Department such questions are not subject to scoring by an absolute standard.(e) An appeal based on the results of the written examination may be filed with the Board's Appeals Division in accordance with California Code of Regulations, title 2, section 52.4 subdivision (e)(1)(L).Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 2, § 186
1. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 9-16-92 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 92, No. 39).
2. New subsections (a)-(e) and new NOTE filed 7-6-2023; operative 10-1-2023 (Register 2023, No. 27). Note: Authority cited: Sections 18502, 18660 and 18701, Government Code. Reference: Section 18670, Government Code.
1. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 9-16-92 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 92, No. 39).
2. New subsections (a)-(e) and new Note filed 7-6-2023; operative 10/1/2023 (Register 2023, No. 27).