To all forum participants,

Four individuals were caught sharing copyrighted NPTE materials. All NPTE materials developed by FSBPT, including NPTE and PEAT questions, are copyrighted. Copyrighted materials are protected by law. Exchanging copyrighted material is illegal.

Posting test questions on discussion boards, receiving test questions from other examinees, and sharing copies of PEAT are all copyright violations. Violating copyright law is theft and can have severe penalties.
These four individuals now face significant consequences. In general, each of these four individuals is required to:

• Take a remedial course in ethics at his/her own expense (thousands of dollars).
• Write a paper on the subject of ethical violations.
• Pay tens of thousands of dollars to compensate FSBPT for the stolen materials.
• Wait for two years after satisfying these conditions to take the NPTE, OR
• Be prevented from transferring a passing score to another jurisdiction until satisfying these conditions, preventing an individual from practicing in any other than the current state.
FSBPT also reported these individuals’ actions to the jurisdictions in which they were seeking or already held a license. Each individual could be denied a license or could have a license revoked because of these illegal activities.
Be VERY CAREFUL about what study materials you use and share. FSBPT will aggressively penalize you if you share copyrighted questions from the NPTE or PEAT. Pleading ignorance (“I didn’t know they were real NPTE or PEAT test questions”) will not be accepted as an excuse.

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