(1) In the absence of any specific requirement or provision relating to any particular profession:

(a) The appropriate board may specify the passing score on credentialing examinations;

(b) An examinee who fails a credentialing examination may retake the entire examination or the part failed upon payment of the cost of retaking the examination; and

(c) The department shall withhold from the credentialing fee submitted by an examinee the cost of any national examination used when an examinee fails a credentialing examination and shall return to the examinee the remainder of the credentialing fee collected subject to section 38-156, except that:

(i) If a state-administered jurisprudence portion of the credentialing examination was failed, the examinee may retake that portion without charge; and

(ii) If any component of a national examination was failed, the examinee shall be charged the cost for retaking such examination.

(2) A person who desires to take an examination but does not wish to receive a credential may take such examination by meeting the examination eligibility requirements and paying the cost of the examination.

Source:Laws 1927, c. 167, § 31, p. 462; C.S.1929, § 71-407; Laws 1939, c. 91, § 4, p. 394; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-407; R.S.1943, § 71-131; Laws 1969, c. 560, § 3, p. 2279; Laws 1979, LB 427, § 16; Laws 1983, LB 476, § 4; Laws 1984, LB 481, § 14; Laws 1985, LB 250, § 1; Laws 1986, LB 277, § 7; Laws 1986, LB 286, § 38; Laws 1986, LB 579, § 30; Laws 1986, LB 926, § 16; Laws 1986, LB 355, § 13; Laws 1988, LB 1100, § 13; Laws 1988, LB 557, § 19; Laws 1989, LB 342, § 10; Laws 1990, LB 1064, § 5; Laws 1991, LB 703, § 14; Laws 1993, LB 669, § 10; Laws 1994, LB 1210, § 21; Laws 1995, LB 406, § 17; Laws 1999, LB 828, § 33; Laws 2002, LB 1021, § 8; Laws 2002, LB 1062, § 12; Laws 2003, LB 242, § 18; Laws 2004, LB 1083, § 111; R.S.Supp.,2006, § 71-131; Laws 2007, LB481, § 3; Laws 2007, LB463, § 36.