(1) Initial Review for Timeliness and Sufficiency. The Board's staff shall conduct an initial review of a request for test accommodations. The Board's staff shall reject a request that is untimely unless applicant establishes that the untimeliness is substantially justified. The Board's staff shall reject a request that fails to adequately specify the test accommodations required, or if the supporting documentation is substantially incomplete or is otherwise substantially deficient. If the request is rejected, the Board's staff shall advise the applicant in writing of the deficiencies in the request and supporting documents and shall provide the applicant an opportunity to correct any deficiencies in the accommodation request before the filing deadline for the current examination or, if the current deadline has passed, before the filing deadline for the next administration of the examination.

(2) Board Determination. If there is uncertainty about whether the requested test accommodation is warranted pursuant to the ADA, the applicant's request and all supporting documentation may be referred to a qualified expert retained by the Board to review and analyze whether the applicant has documented a disability and requested a reasonable accommodation. Thereafter, a designated member of the Board shall determine whether test accommodations should be granted after examining the applicant's request and the report of the Board's expert. The Board's staff shall advise the applicant in writing whether the request for test accommodations is granted or denied in whole or in part.