HAR §16-99-29. Examination for broker and salesperson license

(a) No license shall be issued to any individual unless the individual takes and passes an examination as prescribed by the commission for the license applied for. The minimum passing score for the uniform and the State portions of the examination shall be seventy for salesperson applicants and seventy-five for broker applicants. Any individual who fails to obtain a passing score in any part of the examination §16-99-30 99-25 shall repeat that part of the examination. Failure to obtain a passing score in all parts thereof within the two-year period after the first examination date, shall result in failure of the examination as a whole and the entire examination shall be repeated by the candidate. (b) Any eligible individual shall forfeit the examination fee if the individual does not sit for the examination. (c) Unsuccessful candidates, rejected applicants, and individuals granted withdrawal who wish to sit for subsequent examinations shall file a new application and comply with all requirements each time. (d) The examinations shall be given on dates and at locations as determined by an agreement between the commission and a professional testing service, and may include examination locations outside the State. (e) Examinations shall be conducted in accordance with procedures formulated by the testing agency authorized by the commission to administer examinations. Failure to follow such procedures shall result in immediate disqualification from the examination and may bar candidates from being examined in any future examinations. (f) Any individual who passes the salesperson or broker examination shall be required to apply for the individual’s active or inactive license within two years of the individual’s last examination date. Failure to apply for a license within two years of the last examination date shall cause the examination and license application to be abandoned pursuant to section 436B-9, HRS, and the individual shall be required to pass the examination again. (g) At the location for examination, all candidates for salesperson or broker examination shall present a current real estate school completion certificate or current education equivalency certificate. Candidates for broker examination also shall present a current experience certificate at the examination location. [Eff 12/26/74; am and ren §16-99-29, 4/27/81; am and comp 6/28/82; am and comp 3/3/84; am and comp 11/3/90; comp 2/25/91; am and comp 5/21/01; comp 12/19/16] (Auth: HRS §§467-4, 467-9) (Imp: HRS §§467-8, 467-9, 467-9.5)