Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 3745-7-18 | Conduct during the application and examination process.

                                                
(A) No person shall engage in conduct that subverts or attempts
		  to subvert the application, examination, or review process. Any such action
		  shall cause a person's scores to be withheld and declared
		  invalid.
(1) Persons holding a certificate issued
			 under this chapter shall be subject to suspension or revocation of such
			 certificate in accordance with paragraph (A)(1) of rule 3745-7-12 of the
			 Administrative Code, and shall also be disqualified from taking future water
			 and wastewater exams for a period of up to five years.
(2) Persons who do not possess a
			 certificate issued under this chapter shall be disqualified from taking future
			 water and wastewater exams for a period of up to five years.
(B) Conduct that subverts or attempts to subvert the application,
		  examination, or review process includes, but is not limited to the
		  following:
(1) Conduct that violates the application
			 process, such as falsifying or submitting incorrect information on the
			 application for examination.
(2) Conduct that violates the security of
			 the examination materials, such as removing from the examination room any of
			 the examination materials; reproducing or reconstructing any portion of the
			 examination; aiding by any means in the reproduction or reconstruction of any
			 portion of or information from the examination; selling, distributing, buying,
			 receiving, or having unauthorized possession of any portion of, or information
			 from, a future or current examination.
(3) Conduct that violates the examination
			 process, such as communicating with any other examinee during the
			 administration of the examination; copying answers from another examinee or
			 allowing answers to be copied by another examinee during the administration of
			 the examination; writing on any materials other than the exam booklet or answer
			 sheet; possessing during the administration of the examination any book, notes,
			 written or printed materials or data of any kind, other than the examination
			 materials distributed or specifically listed as approved materials for the
			 examination room in the information provided to the examinee in advance of the
			 examination date by the director. The examination process begins upon entering
			 the location of the exam.
(4) Conduct that violates the
			 credentialing process, such as falsifying or misrepresenting information
			 required for admission to the examination, impersonating an examinee, or having
			 an impersonator take the examination on behalf of the examinee.
(5) With respect to the class IV
			 examination process, allowing individuals other than the applicant to write or
			 edit the applicant's substantive work product or using information written
			 by other individuals. This rule shall not be construed to prevent the applicant
			 for a class IV examination to allow another individual to proofread the work
			 product for minor spelling and grammatical errors.
(C) Actions affecting the status of a person's examination
		  or their eligibility to take future examinations because of conduct defined in
		  paragraph (B) of this rule shall be taken in accordance with Chapters 3745-47
		  and 3745-49 of the Administrative Code.