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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="19-304" title_number="19" title_name="Social Workers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An approved applicant is entitled to be examined for licensure as provided in this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board shall ensure that a Board–approved examination for each category of license is made available for an applicant to take at least twice a year, at the times and places that the Board determines.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board shall notify each approved applicant of the procedures for taking the examination.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall approve the subjects, scope, form, and passing score for each type of examination given under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The examinations given under this subtitle shall strive to be free of cultural bias.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board, by regulation, may limit:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The number of times an applicant may be reexamined after failing an examination required under this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The interval between reexaminations.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If an applicant is permitted to be reexamined under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the applicant shall pay a fee to the examining body approved by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The examination shall be prepared to measure the competence of the applicant to engage in the pertinent practice of social work.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>In the preparation, administration, and grading of an examination, the Board may employ, cooperate, or contract with an organization or consultant.</text>
  </level>
</section>
