State Standards examination Required examinations

(a) An individual applying for an initial license, licensure by endorsement, or a provisional license, must, prior to the issuance of the respective license, Applicants must receive a passing score on the appropriate pass the applicable State Standards examination for the license for which he is applying prior to a license being issued. There shall be a separate examination for each type of license Each license type requires a specific State Standards examination. First time applicants for initial licensure shall have received a passing score on the State Standards examination within the twenty-four (24)- months preceding the month in which the Board will be taking action to license the applicant, and if applicant is not licensed during this 24-month time period, applicant will have to pay all required fees and re-take the examination prior to any future licensing attempts. Applicants for licensure by endorsement reciprocity, applicants for a provisional license and applicants for initial licensure who have previously held an Oklahoma long term long-term care administrator license must, prior to the issuance of the respective license, successfully pass the current, applicable current State Standards examination. (1) Applicants for an initial license must take and pass the appropriate State Standards Examination prior to being eligible for an applicable NAB exam. (2) Board staff are required to receive the testing results from the testing source to validate the passing scores of all examinations, to include the State Standards Examinations. 36 (b) The application must be complete and supporting documents required by the Board for licensure must be completed and on file with the Board prior to entering correct before the applicant may begin training and/or prior to being approved or being granted approval to take the applicable examination(s). (c) The Board will periodically schedule examinations and publish the dates and times in a timely manner on the website. The Department will publish dates and times for testing on the Department website. Applicants are permitted to take the examination during these scheduled examinations or they may opt to take the examination at a testing facility where it is administered. State examinations taken in a testing facility shall be scheduled by the candidate when eligible and shall be may take the exam at a Department-designated location or through a testing center if the examinations are administered through the same examination methods and procedures as the NAB examinations are conducted, including but not limited to the use of electronic or online methods of examination. (d) The Board has determined the A passing score for all State Standards examinations to be is Seventy-Five percent (75%) or greater, and shall apply this standard uniformly to all persons taking the examinations. (e) Fees for the State Standards examination administered by the Board Department shall be in an amount prescribed by the Board Department at OAC 490:1-7-2. All examination fees must be paid prior to examination.