Ohio Admin. Code 3745-7-18 - [Effective until 7/3/2025] Conduct during the application and examination process
(A)
No person shall engage in conduct that subverts or attempts to subvert the
application, examination, or review process. Any such action shall cause a
person's scores to be withheld and declared invalid.
(1) Persons holding a certificate issued
under this chapter shall be subject to suspension or revocation of such
certificate in accordance with paragraph (A)(1) of rule
3745-7-12 of the Administrative
Code, and shall also be disqualified from taking future water and wastewater
exams for a period of up to five years.
(2) Persons who do not possess a certificate
issued under this chapter shall be disqualified from taking future water and
wastewater exams for a period of up to five years.
(B) Conduct that subverts or attempts to
subvert the application, examination, or review process includes, but is not
limited to the following:
(1) Conduct that
violates the application process, such as falsifying or submitting incorrect
information on the application for certification
or examination.
(2) Conduct
that violates the security of the examination materials, such as removing from
the examination room any of the examination materials; reproducing or
reconstructing any portion of the examination; aiding by any means in the
reproduction or reconstruction of any portion of or information from the
examination; selling, distributing, buying, receiving, or having unauthorized
possession of any portion of, or information from, a future or current
examination.
(3) Conduct that
violates the examination process, such as communicating with any other examinee
during the administration of the examination; copying answers from another
examinee or allowing answers to be copied by another examinee during the
administration of the examination; writing on any materials other than the exam
booklet or answer sheet; possessing during the administration of the
examination any book, notes, written or printed materials or data of any kind,
other than the examination materials distributed or specifically listed as
approved materials for the examination room in the information provided to the
examinee in advance of the examination date by the director. The examination
process begins upon entering the location of the exam.
(4) Conduct that violates the credentialing
process, such as falsifying or misrepresenting information required for
admission to the examination, impersonating an examinee, or having an
impersonator take the examination on behalf of the examinee.
(5) With respect to the class IV examination
process, allowing individuals or computer-based
authoring programs other than the applicant to write or edit the
applicant's substantive work product or using information written by other
individuals. This rule shall not be construed to prevent the applicant for a
class IV examination to allow another individual to proofread the work product
for minor spelling and grammatical
errors.
(C) Actions
affecting the status of a person's examination or their eligibility to take
future examinations because of conduct defined in paragraph (B) of this rule
shall be taken in accordance with Chapters 3745-47 and 3745-49 of the
Administrative Code.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 119.03, 6111.46
Rule Amplifies: 6111.46, 6109.04
Prior Effective Dates: 01/01/2004, 12/21/2006, 02/23/2012, 08/15/2018
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(A) No person shall engage in conduct that subverts or attempts to subvert the application, examination, or review process. Any such action shall cause a person 's scores to be withheld and declared invalid.
(1) Persons holding a certificate issued under this chapter shall be subject to suspension or revocation of such certificate in accordance with paragraph (A)(1) of rule 3745-7-12 of the Administrative Code, and shall also be disqualified from taking future water and wastewater exams for a period of up to five years.
(2) Persons who do not possess a certificate issued under this chapter shall be disqualified from taking future water and wastewater exams for a period of up to five years.
(B) Conduct that subverts or attempts to subvert the application, examination, or review process includes, but is not limited to the following:
(1) Conduct that violates the application process, such as falsifying or submitting incorrect information on the application for certification or examination.
(2) Conduct that violates the security of the examination materials, such as removing from the examination room any of the examination materials; reproducing or reconstructing any portion of the examination; aiding by any means in the reproduction or reconstruction of any portion of or information from the examination; selling, distributing, buying, receiving, or having unauthorized possession of any portion of, or information from, a future or current examination.
(3) Conduct that violates the examination process, such as communicating with any other examinee during the administration of the examination; copying answers from another examinee or allowing answers to be copied by another examinee during the administration of the examination; writing on any materials other than the exam booklet or answer sheet; possessing during the administration of the examination any book, notes, written or printed materials or data of any kind, other than the examination materials distributed or specifically listed as approved materials for the examination room in the information provided to the examinee in advance of the examination date by the director . The examination process begins upon entering the location of the exam.
(4) Conduct that violates the credentialing process, such as falsifying or misrepresenting information required for admission to the examination, impersonating an examinee, or having an impersonator take the examination on behalf of the examinee.
(5) With respect to the class IV examination process, allowing individuals or computer-based authoring programs other than the applicant to write or edit the applicant's substantive work product or using information written by other individuals. This rule shall not be construed to prevent the applicant for a class IV examination to allow another individual to proofread the work product for minor spelling and grammatical errors.
(C) Actions affecting the status of a person 's examination or their eligibility to take future examinations because of conduct defined in paragraph (B) of this rule shall be taken in accordance with Chapters 3745-47 and 3745-49 of the Administrative Code.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 119.03, 6111.46
Rule Amplifies: 6111.46, 6109.04
Prior Effective Dates: 01/01/2004, 12/21/2006, 02/23/2012, 08/15/2018