SPS 4.06(1)(d)(d) An applicant who fails to take an examination administered by the authority either provides written notice at least 10 days in advance of the examination date that the applicant is unable to take the examination, or if written notice was not provided, submits a written explanation satisfactory to the authority that the applicant’s failure to take the examination resulted from extreme personal hardship. SPS 4.06(2)(2) An applicant eligible for a refund may forfeit the refund and choose instead to take an examination administered by the authority within 18 months of the originally scheduled examination at no added fee. SPS 4.06(3)(3) An applicant who misses an examination as a result of being called to active military duty shall receive a full refund. The applicant requesting the refund shall supply a copy of the call up orders or a letter from the commanding officer attesting to the call up. SPS 4.06(4)(4) Applicants who pay fees to service providers other than the department are subject to the refund policy established by the service provider. SPS 4.06 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, October, 1978, No. 274, eff. 11-1-78; am. (2) (intro.), Register, May, 1986, No. 365, eff. 6-1-86; am. (1) and (2) (intro.), renum. (2) (c) and (3) to be (3) and (4), cr. (5), Register, September, 1987, No. 381, eff. 10-1-87; r. and recr. (1) and (4), Register, April, 1992, No. 436, eff. 5-1-92; r. (2), renum. (3) to (5) to be (2) to (4), Register, July, 1993, No. 451, eff. 8-1-93; renum. from RL 4.03 and am., Register, July, 1996, No. 487, eff. 8-1-96. SPS 4.07SPS 4.07 Investigation. The department shall investigate whether an applicant for any of the following credentials has been charged with or convicted of a crime: SPS 4.07(6)(6) Appraiser, real estate, certified general. SPS 4.07(7)(7) Appraiser, real estate, certified residential. SPS 4.08SPS 4.08 Photographs and fingerprints. The department may require an applicant for any of the credentials set forth in s. SPS 4.07 and not listed in sub. (2) to be photographed and fingerprinted as a part of the credentialing process, if there exits reason to believe that the applicant has failed to accurately describe his or her conviction record. The department may refer photographs and fingerprints so obtained to the department of justice for internal analysis or submission to the federal bureau of investigation for the purpose of verifying the identity of the applicant fingerprinted and obtaining records of his or her criminal arrests and convictions. SPS 4.08 NoteNote: Sub. (2) was repealed by CR14-019. SPS 4.08 HistoryHistory: CR 04-097: cr. Register May 2005 No. 593, eff. 6-1-05; correction made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2011 No. 671; CR 11-027: renum 4.08 to be 4.08 (1) and am., cr. (2) Register January 2012 No. 673, eff. 2-1-12; CR 14-019: renum. (1) to SPS 4.08, r. (2) Register August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14; correction in numbering made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register August 2014 No. 704. SPS 4.09SPS 4.09 Credential holder charges or convictions. SPS 4.09(1)(1) Pursuant to the procedures set forth in ch. SPS 2 for the screening of informal complaints, the department may investigate whether a holder of any of the credentials set forth in s. SPS 4.07 has been arrested, charged with or convicted of a crime for the purposes of determining whether the circumstances of the arrest, charge or conviction substantially relate to the circumstances of the credentialed activity. SPS 4.09(2)(2) A holder of any of the credentials set forth in s. SPS 4.07 who is convicted of a felony or misdemeanor in this state or elsewhere shall notify the department in writing of the date, place and nature of the conviction or finding within 48 hours after the entry of the judgment of conviction. Notice shall be made by mail and shall be proven by showing proof of the date of mailing the notice. Notice shall include a copy of the judgment of conviction and a copy of the complaint or other information which describes the nature of the crime and the judgment of conviction in order that the department may determine whether the circumstances of the crime of which the credential holder was convicted are substantially related to the practice of the credential holder. SPS 4.09(3)(3) As a part of an investigation the department may require a holder of any of the credentials set forth in s. SPS 4.07 to be photographed and fingerprinted, if the credential holder’s arrest or conviction record is relevant to the investigation and a search based solely upon the credential holder’s name is unlikely to provide complete and accurate information. The department may refer photographs and fingerprints so obtained to the department of justice for internal analysis or submission of the fingerprint cards to the federal bureau of investigation for the purpose of verifying the identity of the persons fingerprinted and obtaining records of their criminal arrests and convictions. SPS 4.09 HistoryHistory: CR 04-097: cr. Register May 2005 No. 593, eff. 6-1-05; correction in (1), (2), (3) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2011 No. 671.
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