All persons competing in any examination shall be given written notice of their final earned ratings and the minimum earned rating necessary to pass the examination. Not later than thirty days after the issuance of the final earned rating, a person who has not achieved a passing rating may inspect his or her papers, markings, background profiles and other items used in determining the final earned ratings, other than examination questions and other materials constituting the examination, subject to such regulations as may be issued by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. Not later than ten days after inspecting his or her papers, a person may, in writing, appeal to the Commissioner of Administrative Services the accuracy of his or her final earned rating, as based on the original examination paper or responses. The commissioner shall render a final decision on the person's appeal within thirty days thereafter and correct candidate lists as appropriate.

(1967, P.A. 657, S. 34; P.A. 73-623, S. 2, 3; P.A. 77-94; 77-614, S. 67, 610; P.A. 92-165, S. 15, 32; P.A. 93-274, S. 6, 7; P.A. 96-168, S. 11, 34; P.A. 13-247, S. 358.)

History: P.A. 73-623 excluded test questions from provision re inspection rights of candidate; P.A. 77-94 added exception to requirement of notice of relative standing; P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel policy board with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 92-165 changed “test” to “examination” and “candidate” to “person” and added language re notice of failure to attain the required minimum passing score; P.A. 93-274 expanded the inspection rights of a candidate to include the inspection of background profiles, effective June 30, 1993; P.A. 96-168 eliminated the exception to the receipt of notice of final earned ratings and added the requirement of notice of the minimum rating necessary to pass the examination, permitted a person to inspect his papers, etc., within 30 days, authorized a person to appeal his rating to the commissioner and required the commissioner to make a final decision in 30 days, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 13-247 changed time for inspection from within 30 days of receipt to not later than 30 days after issuance of final earned rating, changed time for appeal after inspection from 30 days to 10 days and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2013.

Provides exception within purview of Sec. 1-19(a). 214 C. 312.