{"id":"SEC-17-GM-062","kind":"meeting","level":"organizer","jurisdiction":"Test centers and classrooms, ALL 50 STATES","state":"","metro":"","industry":"17","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Certifying bodies and their test-center vendors (class)","authority":"","instrument":"Pearson VUE coronavirus-update page as captured Mar. 20, 2020: U.S.-based Pearson Professional Centers temporarily closed from Mar. 17, 2020 \u0027in response to government guidance\u0027; rescheduling from Apr. 16","title":"Fitness-industry certification examinations and continuing education (personal-trainer, group-instructor, lifeguard, coaching and officiating credentials taken at third-party test centers and in classrooms)","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"","end":"","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":[],"addressees":[],"clause":"\u0027in response to government guidance\u0027 (Ex. SEC-17-GM-062); Texas Real Estate Commission (Apr. 27, 2020): examination sites reopening \u0027at a much lower capacity\u0027 enforcing \u0027safety requirements in line with local jurisdictions\u0027 (Ex. SEC-14-GM-009)","enforcement":"","functions":["HR","CL","OP","WF"],"notes":"2020: In-person examinations and classroom courses stopped under the stay-home and closure orders of March 2020 (test centers were not \u0027essential\u0027 under the State lists; classroom instruction closed with schools and non-essential premises); the Pearson VUE-owned U.S. test centers closed Mar. 17, 2020: \u0027Due to increasing concern for the health and safety of our candidates and our employees and in response to government guidance... we are temporarily closing our U.S.-based Pearson VUE-owned and operated Pearson Professional Centers (PPCs) starting Tuesday, March 17... Candidates can reschedule their exams for appointments starting April 16 and beyond if conditions allow\u0027 (Ex. SEC-17-GM-062, coronavirus-update page as captured Mar. 20, 2020; the U.S. paragraph is partly overlaid by a cookie banner in the render and is quoted from its legible text); the vendor\u0027s page also stated that it would \u0027make decisions about test center operations in accordance with government and local authorities\u0027; the SEC-14 file carries the Texas Real Estate Commission\u0027s account of the same vendor\u0027s reduced-capacity reopening (Ex. SEC-14-GM-009). 2021: Test centers operated under State and local mask and capacity orders through Q3 2021; classroom continuing education under the same venue caps as classes (row C-01). Usual dates: Year-round; peak January-May. Scale: Not sourced. Venue orders 2020: NY-003, NY-004, NY-005, CA-002, IL-005, MA-008, TX-008, PA-004, MI-005, NJ-022, OH-011, WA-009. Venue orders 2021: FED-020, MET-NYC-017, LA-036, OR-048, IL-042, WA-078, NV-041, DC-057.","sourceUrl":"https://home.pearsonvue.com/coronavirus-update","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200321185638/https://home.pearsonvue.com/coronavirus-update","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":405933,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"Pearson VUE coronavirus-update page as captured Mar. 20, 2020: U.S.-based Pearson Professional Centers temporarily closed from Mar. 17, 2020 \u0027in response to government guidance\u0027; rescheduling from Apr. 16","collection":"SEC-17","url":"/library/SEC-17-GM-062","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-17-GM-062","citation":"Certifying bodies and their test-center vendors (class), Pearson VUE coronavirus-update page as captured Mar. 20, 2020: U.S.-based Pearson Professional Centers temporarily closed from Mar. 17, 2020 \u0027in response to government guidance\u0027; rescheduling from Apr. 16 (Ex. SEC-17-GM-062)","stateName":"","related":["SEC-14-GM-009","NY-003","NY-004","NY-005","CA-002","IL-005","MA-008","TX-008","PA-004","MI-005","NJ-022","OH-011"]}