Disabled Applicant’s Open-Book Exam Request Was Lawfully Denied

The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists LLC wasn’t required by the Americans with Disabilities Act to allow an applicant with learning and anxiety disorders to take an open-book certification exam, the Eleventh Circuit said.

The ADA provision dealing with exams requires providers to reasonably accommodate an applicant’s disabilities. The district court properly found that allowing Brian Albert to take an open-book exam would fundamentally alter the nature of CAMS’ exam and therefore wasn’t reasonable, the opinion by Judge Kevin C. Newsom of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals said March 14.

Albert, a bank compliance officer, wanted to become ...