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. 
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) 
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) 
He or she receives the written consent of the Board to inspect his or her examination papers; and
(3) 
He or she makes inspection within 15 calendar days from the date of the mailing of the consent of the Board.
B. 
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.