To ensure that the examination provides an equal opportunity for all candidates to demonstrate their levels of knowledge and ability to meet the required competence standards, the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada maintains the strictest security of the content of its examinations before, during, and after each examination. All examination materials are protected by Copyright^© and property right laws. Candidates must strictly follow the Rules of Conduct for examinations, the signed certification statements made on the examination application forms, and the signed Candidate's Agreement (for Part II). These rules and statements prohibit:

• the giving or receiving of assistance in answering questions in the Qualifying Examination Part I or in completing stations in Part II

• access to questions or station content before or after the examination

• reproduction of examination content in any manner

• disclosure of  questions and station content to others at any time (includes discussion of examination content with other candidates or others before, during or after an examination), whether verbally, in writing or through any internet blogs, chat-rooms or other means

Contravention of the copyright and/or Rules of Conduct for examinations, the certification statements and the Candidate’s Agreement (for Part II) may be sufficient cause for the Board to:

• bar the candidate from the examination
• terminate his/her participation in the examination
• invalidate the results of the examination
• withhold the results
• bar the candidate from future examinations
• take other action as deemed appropriate, including possible legal prosecution

A candidate may be held responsible for all damages and cost-recovery in the event that the examination or any component of it is compromised by his/her action.

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