Guardianship Certification

Exam Results

Inquiries for exam results will not be replied to unless exam results have already been issued and your inquiry would notify JBCC that you must have missed the results email. We receive many of these inquiries after each exam and each email takes time to research for response. Thank you for your understanding.

1. You can see your preliminary exam results immediately after submitting your online exam.
2. Official exam results will be sent to you to the primary email address on file for you.
   • Exam results are automatically re-checked prior to release for examinees who failed by 5 points or less.
   • Official results will be provided to you within 30 days of the exam date, as provided by Rule 3.11(a) of the JBCC Rules.
   • Exam results will not be released or discussed by telephone.
   • Exam results will not be provided to, or discussed with, a third party, including your employer.
3. Exam result notifications indicate if you passed or failed as well as your score.
   • 75 or more is a passing score.
4. You may take the exam four times.
   • If you are not successful after four attempts, you must petition to the JBCC for permission to take the exam for the fifth time; see Rule 7.2(d) of the JBCC Rule
5. Per section 152.201 (c-1) of Chapter 152 and section 3.10 (e) of the JBCC Rules, passing exam scores are valid for a period of 2 years after the date of the examination.
   • If you've not become certified within 2 years of passing the exam, you must retake the exam passed.
6. Requests for examination regrades must be submitted via the online system within 30 days after receiving notice of the initial exam results (i.e., the date your official results were emailed to you by the licensing specialist).
   • Refer to the Fees section below for the regrade fee.

Certification

After you have passed the exam, your application for certification will be processed.

Allow up to 30 days from the date you receive your official exam results for your certification card to be issued.

• Certification cards will be issued by regular mail to the primary mailing address on file.
• We do not recommend using business contact information for your primary mailing address.
• Once you’re certified, you will receive an automated email from our system advising that your new certification application has been approved.
  • Please check your inbox (and spam folder) for this correspondence.
  • Once you receive this email, or you get your certification card in the mail or verify your certification online, whichever comes first, you may begin to provide professional guardianship services.