EXAMINATION POLICY

(a) The department shall develop a written policy governing licensing examinations under this subchapter that prescribes: (1) procedures to improve the design and construction of examinations; (2) procedures for administering the examinations; and (3) the process for evaluating examinations in use. (b) The policy must include: (1) a procedure for seeking assistance in the development of examinations from experts in: (A) structural pest control; (B) structural pest control education; and (C) examination creation and validation; (2) a schedule that provides for examination revision and maintenance, including the regular update of examinations; (3) a procedure to routinely analyze and validate examinations; (4) a procedure for the development of a bank of questions for each examination; (5) guidelines for developing examinations from the bank of questions; (6) the number and type of questions for each examination; and (7) a requirement that the person responsible for examination development make periodic reports on examination issues to the commissioner.