Section 18940.

(a) When an examination is scheduled to be given during the period from sundown on a Friday until sundown on the following day, and it is the practice of an applicant, based upon his religious convictions, to observe the Sabbath during such period, and the applicant therefore objects to taking the examination during such period, he may elect to avail himself of the procedure provided for in subdivision (b).

(b) On or before the final date for filing applications for an examination the applicant shall advise the board or a designated appointing power of his objections, his desire for the deferred examination and for surveillance described in subdivision (c), and his preference between individual and group surveillance. If, in the opinion of the board or a designated appointing power, the security of examination material does not require surveillance, the applicant may be given a deferred examination without surveillance.

(c) An applicant who gives notice to the board or a designated appointing power in accordance with subdivision (b) unless surveillance is waived by the board or a designated appointing power shall be entitled to receive such surveillance by a representative of the board, either individually or as part of a group, depending on the facilities of the board or a designated appointing power and the preference of the applicant, as will render it impossible for the candidate to learn of the contents of the examination. The surveillance shall continue from the time of commencement of the general examination until the commencement of the deferred examination of the applicant, which deferred examination shall be given promptly after the close of the Sabbath observed by the applicant. During the period of surveillance the board or a designated appointing power may require the presence of the applicant at such place or places as it deems appropriate, but the applicant shall be allowed the greatest freedom of movement consistent with the purposes of this section.

(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1382, Sec. 12.)