| (a) An applicant with a foreign degree must submit
an official transcript and certified translation when applying for
licensure. The official transcript must be translated to English by
the issuing institution, a translator that is certified by the American
Translators Association, a reputable foreign translator or translation
service, or a U.S. college or university official.
(b) An applicant with a foreign degree must have the
degree evaluated to determine if it is comparable to the degree required
for the particular license sought. Foreign degree evaluations must
be sent directly to the Council from the evaluation service, submitted
by the applicant in the sealed envelope in which they are received
from the evaluation service, or be submitted as directed by agency
staff.
(c) Foreign degree evaluations must be conducted by
a foreign degree evaluation service that is a member of the National
Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or the Association
of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE). Alternatively,
the Council will accept foreign degree evaluations from the National
Register of Health Service Psychologists for persons applying under
Chapter 501 of the Occupations Code and the International Social Work
Degree Recognition and Evaluation Service for persons applying under
Chapter 505 of the Occupations Code.
(d) The Council retains the exclusive authority to
determine whether a foreign degree is comparable to the degree required
for licensure.
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