TEST FEES AND PAYMENT POLICIES

RICA Fees

Withdrawal/Refund Policy

RICA Written Examination:
If you have registered for the RICA Written Examination but have not yet scheduled your test appointment and would like to withdraw your registration and receive a full refund, complete and submit a Withdrawal/Refund Request Form, available to download and print by selecting "Print Bulletin and Forms (PDF)" on the RICA website.

If you have already scheduled your test appointment and wish to cancel your test appointment, you must first cancel your test appointment through your account at least 24 hours before your scheduled testing time. If you wish to withdraw your registration completely after canceling your test appointment, complete and submit a Withdrawal/Refund Request Form, available to download and print by selecting "Print Bulletin and Forms (PDF)" on the RICA website. If you cancelled your test appointment by 24 hours before your scheduled testing time, you will receive a full refund of testing fees within five weeks of your request.

RICA Video Performance Assessment:
If you have registered for the RICA Video Performance Assessment and have not yet submitted your materials for scoring and would like to withdraw your registration and receive a partial refund, complete and submit a Withdrawal/Refund Request Form, available to download and print by selecting "Print Bulletin and Forms (PDF)" on the RICA website. If your request is received by the final submission deadline of the program year, you will receive a partial refund of $65.

Payment Methods

The fees for Internet registration must be paid using a credit card (VISA or MasterCard only) or a debit or check card that carries the VISA or MasterCard logo and that can be used without the entry of a personal identification number (PIN). Bank cards without a VISA or MasterCard logo cannot be accepted. The merchant name that will appear on your credit card statement is "Eval Systems Test Fee."

The fees for registration by U.S. mail must be paid by check or money order. Fees for other services requested by mail ("Additional Service Fees" listed in the table above) must be paid by cashier's check or money order. Checks and money orders must be made payable to Evaluation Systems in U.S. dollars. Please write the last five digits of your Social Security number on your payment. Do not send cash.

Payment Policies

If you register to take the RICA (either the Written Examination or the Video Performance Assessment) before receiving your score report from a previous attempt, you will not automatically receive a refund of any test or service fees for either registration. If you pass the test on a previous attempt, you must withdraw any subsequent registrations by the appropriate deadline (as described in "Changing Your Registration") in order to receive a refund.

If you have any outstanding balance owed by you to Evaluation Systems after a test administration for which you were registered, all of your test results for that test date may be permanently voided and therefore not reported to you, to the CTC, or to any institutions.

The following policies apply to you when you have an outstanding balance with Evaluation Systems:

• You will be assessed an additional fee to cover the processing required to clear your account.
• You will not be allowed to register for future test dates until your balance, which includes the additional fee, is paid in full.
• Any credits or refunds for which you may be eligible will be applied first to your outstanding debt, with any excess to be returned to you.

If a credit card charge for an Evaluation Systems service for you is disputed:

• You may not be allowed to make any future payments by credit card.
• You must make your payment to clear your account by cashier's check or money order only.
• If you attempt to pay for any further services by cashier's check or money order before clearing your account, any payments received will be applied first to your outstanding debt, with any excess applied to the requested services.

Additionally, if a personal check submitted by you is returned by the bank:

• You will not be allowed to make any future payments by personal check.
• You must make your payment to clear your account by cashier's check or money order only, unless you are making a subsequent credit card payment for additional services, in which case your credit card will be billed for both the outstanding balance and the additional requested services.
• If you attempt to pay for any further services by credit card before clearing your account, your credit card will be billed for the amount of all services you have requested, as well as the outstanding balance owed. You agree to pay for all such services and outstanding balances in the event your credit card company does not.
• If you attempt to pay for any further services by cashier's check or money order before clearing your account, any payments received will be applied first to your outstanding debt, with any excess applied to the requested services.

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