Examinations - General

(1) If an applicant passes the required examination(s) and is not approved for registration, the applicant’s application will be held pending. Such applicant may request to appear before the full Board at its next scheduled meeting. (2) An applicant’s examination results may be invalidated and an applicant may be prohibited from taking the examination for a period of time as determined by the Board for violations of examination policies, procedures, and candidate agreements, including, but not limited to: (a) Communicating with another examinee during administration of the examination; (b) Copying another examinee’s answers or permitting another examinee to copy one’s answers; (c) Possessing unauthorized devices or materials during the examination; (d) Impersonating an examinee or permitting an impersonator to take the examination on one’s behalf; (e) Removing any secured examination materials from the examination room; (f) Unauthorized disclosure of examination questions or content; (g) Failure to cooperate with the Board’s or any appropriate examination authority’s investigation of examination irregularities; (h) Disruptive or abusive behavior; or (i) Other actions that would compromise the integrity or security of the examination. (3) Any licensure examination taken and passed in another jurisdiction by the examinee, while the examinee is barred from taking an examination in Tennessee, will not be acceptable for licensure purposes in Tennessee.