Except as otherwise provided in this article, all of the records
of the Board shall be open to the public and available for inspection
during normal business hours. A member of the Board or any person
who may, from time to time, be designated by the Board shall be present
at all times during any inspection of any records of the Board.
The initial application and all reports of investigation and
inquiries into the character and reputation of applicants shall be
kept in the strictest confidence and shall not be open to public inspection.
A.Â
All examination materials shall be confidential and shall not be
open to general public inspection. Any examined applicant may inspect
his or her examination, provided that:
(1)Â
He or she makes a written request to the Board within 15 calendar
days from the date of mailing of the written notice of his or her
grade;
(2)Â
He or she receives the written consent of the Board to inspect his
or her examination papers; and
(3)Â
He or she makes inspection within 15 calendar days from the date
of the mailing of the consent of the Board.
B.Â
The Board shall not consent to the request of any examined applicant
to inspect any written examination paper which may be used in a subsequent
written examination that may be scheduled within 90 calendar days
following the receipt of the written request. If the Board consents
to an inspection of any of the written examination papers by any previously
examined applicant, it shall state in its letter of consent the specific
examination papers that may be inspected. Before any member of the
Board or any person designated by the Board permits any inspection
of examination papers, he or she shall require the examined applicant
to produce the letter indicating the consent of the Board, and he
or she shall limit the inspection by the examined applicant to only
those examination papers indicated in the letter of consent. No examined
applicant shall be permitted to inspect any examination papers other
than his or her own, nor shall be or she be permitted to make any
written notes while inspecting any examination paper.
