California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 1 - State Board of Accountancy › Article 2 - Examinations › Section 9.1 - Approved Credential Evaluation Service Status

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) To receive and to maintain Board
				approval, a credentials evaluation service shall: submit an application on Form
				11A-54 (11/17), which is incorporated by reference and comply with the
				following:
(1) Be a member of and certify to
				its membership in either the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and
				Admission Officers, the National Association of Foreign Student Affairs, or the
				National Association of Credential Evaluation Services;
(2) Furnish the Board with a copy of its
				current written procedure for identifying fraudulent transcripts, and certify
				on the application to compliance with that procedure;
(3) Certify on the application that it
				maintains a complete set of reference materials, that the references are
				adequate to prepare complete, accurate evaluations and are the most current
				editions available;
(4) Furnish the
				Board with resumes or curriculum vitae for each evaluator and translator, which
				shall provide biographical information, including a list of languages spoken
				and years in service. The service shall have at least one senior staff member
				with not less than five years of foreign student college admission experience
				or closely related credentials evaluation experience at all academic
				levels;
(5) Furnish the Board with
				its organization chart showing the ratio of senior staff members to junior
				staff members is, at most, one to five, and shall not exceed that
				ratio;
(6) Furnish the Board with
				written evidence that a minimum of 50% of the evaluations performed by junior
				staff members are reviewed by senior staff members, and shall maintain at least
				that minimum; for the purposes of this paragraph, "written evidence" means it
				provides as a part of the application, for the previous five years, the total
				number of evaluations performed, the total number of evaluations performed by
				junior staff members, and the total number of evaluations performed by junior
				staff members that were reviewed by senior staff members.
(7) Furnish the Board with a list of at least
				three accredited colleges and universities or other licensing agencies using
				its services;
(8) Furnish the Board
				with three letters of reference, written within the last year, from public or
				private agencies;
(9) Furnish the
				Board with a copy of its appeal procedure for applicants, and certify to
				compliance with that procedure on the application;
(10) For the initial application, furnish the
				Board with a sample evaluation that complies with the requirements of
				subdivision (b);
(11) For the
				initial application, certifies it has, or agrees to establish within thirty
				days of Board approval, a minimum six-year document retention policy;
(12) As a condition of renewal, a credentials
				evaluation service shall certify continued compliance with a minimum six-year
				document retention policy.