Tex. Occ. Code § 1951.406 · Subchapter I. EXAMINATIONS
EXAMINATION POLICY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall develop a written policy governing licensing examinations under this subchapter that prescribes:
(1) procedures to improve the design and construction of examinations;
(2) procedures for administering the examinations; and
(3) the process for evaluating examinations in use.
(b) The policy must include:
(1) a procedure for seeking assistance in the development of examinations from experts in:
(A) structural pest control;
(B) structural pest control education; and
(C) examination creation and validation;
(2) a schedule that provides for examination revision and maintenance, including the regular update of examinations;
(3) a procedure to routinely analyze and validate examinations;
(4) a procedure for the development of a bank of questions for each examination;
(5) guidelines for developing examinations from the bank of questions;
(6) the number and type of questions for each examination; and
(7) a requirement that the person responsible for examination development make periodic reports on examination issues to the commissioner.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 890 (H.B. 2458), Sec. 1.55, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1951.htm
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