Kansas State Board of Healing Arts: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

Worth knowing about Kansas Board of Healing Arts

Kansas Board of Healing Arts requirements in detail

Two paths for your school records

Kansas lets you choose.

Without FCVS, your medical school completes the Medical School Verification form and sends it to the Board with an official transcript and a sealed copy of your diploma; that form carries the translation rule, an original, certified and official English translation for transcripts not in English (Kansas licensure application instructions and Uniform Application, MD and DO).

With FCVS, you do not send transcripts, diplomas or scores to the Board at all, because FCVS gathers and verifies them and sends its profile (Kansas licensure application instructions and Uniform Application, MD and DO).

Original matters: send the signed translation itself, not a photocopy. If your school mails the records, ask it whether it will include the translation in the same envelope, or ask the Board how it wants the translation matched to the school's mailing.

ECFMG and the school lists

Every international graduate except Canadian graduates needs an ECFMG Certification Status Report sent directly to the Board (Kansas licensure application instructions and Uniform Application, MD and DO).

ECFMG has its own translation rule: a word-for-word translation by a professional translation service or an official, never by the applicant (ECFMG translation rules).

One certified translation from us can serve both, provided it is word for word.

Check your school first. The Board approves all LCME schools plus a few named foreign schools, and it lists schools it has disapproved, whose graduates are not eligible for a Kansas license (Medical schools).

Documents applicants usually translate

• Medical school transcripts
• Medical diploma
• Legal name change documents (marriage certificate, divorce decree, court order)
• Medical license verifications from other countries
• Postgraduate training certificates from abroad

What an eVerbary translation includes

• A complete English translation of every page, stamps, seals and handwritten notes included, laid out like the original so each line can be matched.
• Grades, hours and credits exactly as recorded, with the grading scale the document prints. We never convert marks to a US GPA or equivalency.
• A signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead, with our contact details, delivered as a PDF you can upload or print.
• $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, certification included; 24 hours for one to three pages as standard. Regular clients who need it can get delivery in as little as 30 minutes, on request.
• Notarization added at checkout ($34.90 per order) when the office asks for a notarized translation.

Submitting the translation to Kansas Board of Healing Arts

• Without FCVS, the school sends the verification form, transcript and sealed diploma copy to the Board at 800 SW Jackson, Lower Level, Suite A, Topeka, KS 66612, or electronic transcripts to KSBHA_Licensing@ks.gov (Kansas licensure application instructions and Uniform Application, MD and DO).

  With FCVS, the translation goes to FCVS with your documents and reaches the Board in the profile.

• The application packet and other forms are on the Board's licensing forms page. eVerbary can mail the translation to you in a sealed, signed envelope: choose the hard copy at checkout with your address ($19.95 Priority or $37.95 Express in the US, $49.95 or $78.95 to other countries) and write in the order notes that it is for the Kansas Board of Healing Arts.

How to order

1. Scan or photograph every page of the document, front and back, including any stamps on the reverse.
2. Upload it, choose the language and "certified", and see the price before paying.
3. Receive the PDF, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages, and submit it with the copy of the original wherever the office asks for it.

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