Examination application procedure

(a) The Committee shall accept for consideration each complete application to take a comprehensive examination. An application shall be deemed complete if the applicant submits all required supporting documentation and pays the application fee on or prior to the filing deadline. Said deadline shall be four weeks prior to the date on which each such examination is scheduled to be held. (b) The comprehensive examination application fee shall be subject to annual review by the Committee and may be increased or decreased to reflect costs incurred or expected, provided the annual increase shall not exceed ten dollars. In no event shall the application fee exceed fifty dollars. (c) The Committee shall meet, not later than three weeks prior to the date on which a comprehensive examination is scheduled to be held, to consider each complete application to take such examination. The Committee may grant or deny an applicant's request for entrance to such examinations. Each person whose application is approved shall be sent written notification of such approval by the Committee chair, within one week of the adjournment of said meeting. If the Committee determines that an applicant does not meet the necessary criteria for entrance to a comprehensive examination, the Committee chair shall send written notification of such denial to the applicant, within two days of the adjournment of said meeting. Such notice shall be sent by courier service and shall include information as to how the applicant may request a reconsideration of said denial. The Committee shall also return or refund the application fee paid by any applicant whose entrance to take a comprehensive examination is denied. (d) A person whose application to take a comprehensive examination is denied may file a written request for a reconsideration of the Committee's decision. Any such request shall include the reason(s) why the appellant believes he or she should be allowed to take said examination. Such request shall be sent by courier service to the Committee chair, within seven days of the date of the notice of denial. The Committee shall meet within seven days of receiving such request, for the purpose of reconsidering its decision. (e) The Committee may require the appellant to appear at said meeting to answer any pertinent questions or to supply any additional information that may be required, provided he or she shall be given not less than forty-eight hours notice of the requirement to appear. The Committee's decision with regard to any such reconsideration shall be final. The Committee chair shall notify the appellant of such decision in writing, within two days of the adjournment of said meeting. (f) A person who receives a failing grade on a comprehensive examination may be approved by the Committee for entrance to the next such scheduled examination, upon making application therefor. If a failing grade is received on said examination, such person shall not be approved for entrance to a subsequent comprehensive examination, until he or she can demonstrate that any course(s) as may have been specified by the Committee have been successfully taken and/or retaken.