HAR §16-81-8. Elevator mechanics license examination

(a) No license shall be issued to any person unless the person has successfully passed a written examination prescribed by the board. (b) The elevator mechanics license examination shall be developed by a professional testing agency with the approval of the board and shall be given on a quarterly basis. Examinations shall be given at other times in emergencies, including labor disputes, where there is a shortage of licensed elevator mechanics in the State. (c) The examination shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures of the testing agency as approved by the board. Any misconduct by the applicant during an examination shall be prohibited and subject to action by the board. Acts of misconduct during an examination include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (1) Failure to follow examination instructions or procedures; (2) Communication between applicants or with others inside or outside of the examination room; (3) Copying another applicant's answers or allowing one's answers to be copied; (4) Allowing another person to sit in the examination room and take the examination for the applicant; (5) Reference to crib sheets, outlines, textbooks, or other materials inside or outside of the examination room; (6) Leaving the examination room without prior approval; or (7) Removal of any examination booklet, answer booklet, answer sheet, or workpapers from the examination room at any time. Action by the board may include invalidating the entire examination and suspending the applicant from taking the examination again for a period of up to one year. Prior §16-81-11 81-7 to imposing any action under this subsection, the applicant shall be afforded an opportunity to appear before the board. (d) To apply to take the examination, an applicant shall submit an application and pay the appropriate fees to the board as provided in section 16-81-4. Failure to obtain a passing grade of at least seventy per cent on the examination shall require a person to register again with and submit the appropriate fees to the testing agency. (e) Failure to comply with the license restoration requirements provided in section 16-81-11 shall require a person to retake the exam. [Eff 3/4/76; am and ren §16-81-8, 6/22/81; am and comp 12/10/88; am and comp 9/20/99] (Auth: HRS §448H-5) (Imp: HRS §448H-6)