Cal. BPC § 2538.32
This is the official text of Cal. BPC § 2538.32, part of California’s Business and Professions Code — regulates business practices and professional/occupational licensing - contractors, doctors, cosmetologists, real estate agents, and dozens of other licensed professions.
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Official statutory text
Every applicant who obtains a passing score determined by the Angoff criterion-referenced method of establishing the point in each examination shall be deemed to have passed that examination. An applicant shall pass the written examination before they may take the practical examination. An applicant shall obtain a passing score on both the written and the practical examination in order to be issued a license.
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