The Board or its designee shall administer examinations to applicants for licensure at least twice each year if applications are pending. Examinations shall be designed and implemented to ensure that all applicants are admitted to practice unless there is good reason to believe that practice by a particular applicant would be inconsistent with the public health, safety, and welfare; they shall not be designed for the purpose of limiting the number of licensees. (Amended 1989, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 2009, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 17.)