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1. A graduate from another state or territory or an English-speaking Canadian nursing education program must provide an official completed transcript. The transcript must be sent directly from the nursing education program to the board office, as proof of satisfactory completion of the appropriate nursing education program. 2. A board-approved credentials evaluation service shall evaluate an internationally educated applicant's official nursing education program transcript. a. The transcript must be sent directly from the nursing program to the credentials evaluation service. b. The evaluation must be translated to English and the nursing education program's approval in the home country must be verified and must include a course-by-course evaluation to assure the nursing education program meets those requirements outlined in article 54-03.2. c. The nursing education program must include a clinical education equivalent in amount and time to board-approved programs. d. The approved credentials evaluation service shall complete and send directly to the board the full credentials evaluation and official transcript that was evaluated. e. The credentials evaluation must state specifically the language of instruction was English with English textbooks. If the nursing education program was not taught in English, evidence of the applicant's English language proficiency must be provided to the board. f. This subsection does not apply to graduates of Canadian English-speaking nursing education programs.