(1) Applicants shall take and pass a board accepted national examination.

(2) The applicant shall ensure that the score on the national examination is forwarded to the board. Applicants shall be notified of the board's decision concerning the examination following receipt of the examination score by the board.

(3) Applicants shall also take and pass a jurisprudence examination as prescribed by the board, which measures the competence of the applicant regarding the statutes and rules governing the practice of speech-language pathology and audiology in Montana. The jurisprudence examination must be passed with a score of 95 percent or greater. Any applicant who fails the jurisprudence examination may retake the examination two subsequent times. After a third failure, the applicant shall petition the board for each future reexamination.