(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.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §882.11 adopted to be effective September 1, 2020, 45 TexReg 4755; amended to be effective September 19, 2021, 46 TexReg 6263