2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-390 — Examinations; requirements; grades.

Section 71-390
Examinations; requirements; grades.

(1) Examinations approved by the board may be national standardized examinations, but in all cases the examinations shall be related to the knowledge and skills necessary to perform the practices being examined and shall be related to the curricula required to be taught in schools of cosmetology or schools of electrolysis.

(2) The board shall fix the time and place of each examination no less than one year in advance. At least two examinations shall be given annually. All examinations shall be conducted in the city of Lincoln unless ordered otherwise by the department.

(3) If examinations are administered directly by the department, the examination shall be administered by a chief examiner who shall be an employee of the department. Persons serving as examiners for practical examinations administered directly by the department shall hold current licenses in the field of practice being examined or in cosmetology, except that examiners for instructors' examinations shall each hold an instructor's license, either active or inactive.

(4) Practical examinations shall be conducted in such a manner that the identity of the applicant is not disclosed to the examiners in any way.

(5) In order to successfully complete the examination, an applicant shall obtain an average grade of seventy-five percent on the written examination and an average grade of seventy-five percent with no individual subject grade below sixty-five percent on the practical examination.

(6) For practical examinations administered directly by the department, examination grades shall be approved by the board and the department before they become official. Any disagreements regarding a grade to be given among the examiners shall be settled by the chief examiner. An examiner may appeal such a decision to the Director of Regulation and Licensure or his or her designee.

(7) The department shall keep a permanent record of all grades received in examinations and shall provide any individual a copy of his or her grades upon request without charge.

(8) The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to provide for procedures, development, administration, scoring, and reviewing of examinations and to protect the security of the contents of examination questions and answers in the examination review. The department shall not enter into an agreement to adopt an examination from a national testing service without first obtaining from such service detailed documentation of the process of examination development and maintenance.

Source:

Laws 1986, LB 318, § 51

Laws 1987, LB 543, § 8

Laws 1995, LB 83, § 24

Laws 1997, LB 307, § 134

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska