If a licensee fails to appear for the required written examination by the expiration date, what happens to the exam fee?

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When you pay an exam fee, it covers the cost of administering a specific testing opportunity. If you fail to appear by the required date and the expiration passes, that fee is forfeited—you don’t get it back because the seat and resources were reserved for you but not used. This doesn’t automatically cancel or suspend your license; it simply ends that particular exam opportunity. To retake the exam, you would normally need to pay a new exam fee to schedule another sitting.