(a) Effective January 1, 2016, an applicant who fails the clinical examination may, within one year from the notification date of that failure, retake the examination as regularly scheduled without further application upon payment of the fee for the examination. Thereafter, the applicant shall not be eligible for further examination until he or she files a new application, meets all requirements in effect on the date of application, and pays all required fees.
(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 799, Sec. 44) by Stats. 2013, Ch. 473, Sec. 35. (SB 821) Effective January 1, 2014. Section operative January 1, 2016, by its own provisions.)