Sec.15-140f-2. Proctored examinations for safe boating certificates

(a) Any person taking an approved course in safe boating operation as the prerequisite for issuance of a safe boating certificate shall also be required to pass a proctored closed book examination to be given at the conclusion of such course. In the case of a course in safe boating operation taught by Department of Environmental Protection personnel or its agents, such examination shall consist of no fewer than fifty questions prepared by the Commissioner. The minimum score to pass such examination shall be eighty percent correct answers.

(b) As provided by Section 15-140e(b)(2) of the Connecticut General Statutes, any person may take an equivalency examination in order to satisfy the prerequisite for issuance of a safe boating certificate. Such examination may be taken only one time. The equivalency examination shall be taken upon application, in person at a place and at a time designated by the Commissioner and shall consist of a closed book examination of no fewer than fifty questions prepared by the Commissioner. The minimum score to pass such examination shall be eighty percent correct answers. Any person who fails to pass such examination shall be required to successfully complete an approved course in safe boating operation as identified in Section 15-140f-1 or 15-140j-2(c)(1) of the Regulations of the Connecticut State Agencies as a prerequisite to receiving a safe boating certificate.

(Effective September 24, 1992; Transferred and AmendedSeptember 8, 1998; Amended March 9, 2004; Amended July 8, 2011)