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Title 11.1 General Procedures for Administering Rewrite Examinations
Manual C. Examination Procedures
Subsection 11. Administering Rewrite Examinations
Status Revised 8/1/2017

In accordance with the Act and Administrative Rules, any applicant may complete an examination for a class four times within any 12 month period, with at least one month time lapse between each examination. The candidate’s place on the register for the class shall be determined by the highest score achieved on any examination for the class.


Example 1

March 1, 2017 Initial examination
April 1, 2017 First rewrite
May 1, 2017 Second rewrite
June 1, 2017 Third rewrite

In this example, an applicant cannot rewrite the examination until March 2, 2018.


Example 2

March 1, 2015 Initial examination
June 1, 2015 First rewrite
September 15, 2015 Second rewrite
December 31, 2015 Third rewrite

In this example, an applicant cannot rewrite the examination until March 2, 2016.


Example 3

March 1, 2017 Initial examination
(Approx. 2 year lapse)
April 1, 2019 Initial examination
May 1, 2019 First rewrite
June 1, 2019 December 8, 2019
December 31, 2019 Third rewrite

In this example, an applicant cannot rewrite the examination until April 2, 2020.


Example 4

May 14, 2017 Initial examination
December 16, 2017 First rewrite
(Approx. 1 year lapse)
July 9, 2018 Initial examination
December 10, 2018 First rewrite

In this example, an applicant cannot rewrite the examination until January 11, 2019.


If an applicant/candidate is admitted to a rewrite examination before the required time has elapsed, the examination will be voided and the applicant's/candidate's time to rewrite shall be affected.

An applicant/candidate who wishes to rewrite an examination shall rewrite the entire examination unless the examination specified otherwise.

Each time an applicant/candidate rewrites an examination, the date of application shall be the date the applicant/candidate applied for the rewrite.

A new examination number is assigned each time an applicant/candidate rewrites an examination or part of an examination. The register card and University System Answer Sheet must be clearly marked REWRITE for all such examinations. See Section on Preparing Register Information and Notice of Examination Score.

When registers are scheduled to be voided, and as a result the 30-day notice period is operative, the applicant/candidate taking an examination with the new test instrument begins a new sequence.