Chapter VIIII Handling of Incidental Events

Article 57
Under one of the following circumstances, the person in charge of the certification administration agency conducting the test of invigilation or invigilators or markers shall extend the test time to make up for delays:
1.The test is delayed due to negligence in test administration.
2.Errors in test room assignment or related matters make examinees unable to arrive on time.
3.The test have to be interrupted and continued elsewhere due to inappropriateness of the test site or equipment.
4.Incidental events occur during field tests and temporary suspension is decided.
When any of the circumstances described in the preceding paragraph can be attributed to examinees’ personal conduct, the test shall not be extended to make up for delays.
Article 58
When a test is ended prior to the stipulated time, extra points in proportion to the amount of time examinees are deprived of shall be given, but those confirmed as having turned in their tests before the said incident shall not be given the said extra points.
Article 59
If the written and/or field tests cannot be conducted due to natural disasters, changes, or emergencies such as power outages, typhoons, earthquakes, air raids, floods, fires, omission of test questions, loss of test questions, and so on, the following provisions shall apply:
1. If the aforementioned events occur before the test is held, the unit that administers the written and/or field tests shall report to the Central Competent Authority for a decision. If the test is to be held on another date, the unit shall announce the postponement of the test and notify the examinee.
2. In the event of the occurrence of the aforementioned events during the test, if the person in charge of the test administration unit determines that the test should be discontinued, he/she shall immediately notify the supervisor or the supervisor and assessor to take back all the answer sheets (answer cards) or complementary work. If the written and/or field tests adopt a written test instead of the pre-set questions of the test bank, if less than one-half of the time has elapsed, the test will be held at another time in accordance with the provisions of the preceding subparagraph; If more than one-half of the time has elapsed, the test will not be held at another time. The calculation of the examinee's score shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the preceding article.
3. In the case of field tests, the test organizer will deal with the situation in the preceding subparagraph.
4. If it is necessary to hold the field tests on another day, the supervisors specially selected and appointed for the field tests shall not be subject to the restrictions set forth in Article 26, paragraph 1, subparagraphs 1 to 4.
Article 60
When written or field tests cannot be conducted due to one of the situations described in the preceding article and the test needs to be held on another date the test shall be redesigned except if The Central Competent Authority rules out the possibility of leakage.
Article 61
Test administrators who have cut, smeared or damaged answer sheets (cards) as a result of negligence shall make the indication on the test site record.
Article 62
If the answer sheets (card) with the examinee’s answers is lost or damaged before the score is registered and the result is therefore impossible to calculate, the responsible certification administration agency shall present handling suggestions to The Central Competent Authority for approval.
Article 62-1
Contingencies not stated by the regulations for its procedures with regards to written or field tests shall be subject for decision by the Central Competent Authority.
Data Source:Ministry of Labor / Law Source Retrieving System Labor Laws And Regulations