61-11.015. Definition of a National Examination

(1) A national examination is an examination developed by or for a national or multi-state professional association, board, council, or society (hereinafter referred to as organization) and administered for the purpose of assessing entry level standards of practice necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public from incompetent practice and meets the following standards:

(a) The organization must be generally recognized by practitioners across the nation in the form of representatives from the State Boards or shall have membership representing a substantial number of the nation’s or states’ practitioners who have been licensed through the national examination.

(b) The organization shall be the responsible body for overseeing the development and scoring of the national examination.

(2) Generally accepted testing standards must meet the following criteria:

(a) The examination assesses entry level standards of practice that shall be common to all practitioners;

(b) The practice of the profession at the national level must be defined through an occupational analysis with a representative sample of all practitioners and professional practices;

(c) The examination for licensure must assess the scope of practice and the entry skills defined by the national occupational analysis; and

(d) The organization shall provide security guidelines for the development and grading of the national examination and shall oversee the enforcement of these guidelines.

(3) Organizations that wish to provide an examination to be adopted and used by the Department shall complete Form DBPR-BET 001, titled “Examination Evaluation Questionnaire, Part A,” effective February 2012, adopted and incorporated herein, and Form DBPR-BET 002, titled “Examination Evaluation Questionnaire, Part B,” effective February 2012, adopted and incorporated herein. These questionaires can be obtained by writing to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Bureau of Education and Testing, Attention: Examination Administration, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0791. Form DBPR-BET 001 can also be obtained at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-01543 and Form DBPR-BET 002 can also be obtained at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-01544.

Rulemaking Authority 455.203(5), 455.217(1)(d) FS. Law Implemented 455.217(1)(d) FS. History–New 6-14-89, Formerly 21-11.015, Amended 2-25-01, 10-22-12.