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hall be ineligible to apply for BACB registration, certification, or recertification for a period
of three (3) years from the exhaustion of appeals, completion of parole or probation, or final
release from confinement (if any), whichever is later;
(See also, 1.04d Integrity)
(b) Any public health- and safety-related nes or tickets where the behavior analyst is named on the
ticket;
(c) A physical or mental condition that would impair the behavior analysts’ ability to competently
practice; and
(d) A change of name, address or email contact.
10.03 Confidentiality and BACB Intellec
tual Property.
Behavior analysts do not infringe on the BACB’s intellectual property rights, including, but not limited
to the BACB’s rights to the following:
(a) BA
CB logo, VCS logo, ACE logo, certificates, credentials and designations, including, but not
limited to, trademarks, service marks, registration marks and certification marks owned and
claimed by the BACB (this includes confusingly similar marks intended to convey BACB
affiliation, certification or registration, or misrepresentation of an educational ABA certificate
status as constituting national certification);
(b) BACB copyrights to original and derivative works, including, but not limited to, BACB copyrights
to standards, procedures, guidelines, codes, job task analysis, Workgroup reports, surveys; and
(c) BACB copyrights to all BACB-developed examination questions, item banks, examination
specifications, examination forms and examination scoring sheets, which are secure trade secrets of
the BACB. Behavior analysts are expressly prohibited from disclosing the content of any BACB
examination materials, regardless of how that content became known to them. Behavior analysts
report suspected or known infringements and/or unauthorized access to examination content and/
or any other violation of BACB intellectual property rights immediately to the BACB. Efforts for
informal resolution (identified in Section 7.02 c) are waived due to the immediate reporting
requirement of this Section.
10.04 Examination Honesty and Irregular
ities.
Behavior analysts adhere to all rules of the BACB, including the rules and procedures required by
BACB approved testing centers and examination administrators and proctors. Behavior analysts must
immediately report suspected cheaters and any other irregularities relating to the BACB examination
administrations to the BACB. Examination irregularities include, but are not limited to, unauthorized
access to BACB examinations or answer sheets, copying answers, permitting another to copy answers,
disrupting the conduct of an examination, falsifying information, education or credentials, and
providing and/or receiving unauthorized or illegal advice about or access to BACB examination
content before, during, or following the examination. is prohibition includes, but is not limited
to, use of or participation in any “exam dump” preparation site or blog that provides unauthorized