Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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Missouri Healing Arts Board requirements in detail

Missouri relies on ECFMG for foreign degrees

Missouri gives physician applicants two ways to prove medical education: a diploma and transcripts from a school accredited by the LCME, COCA or a similar body, or a valid ECFMG certificate (Instructions for permanent physician application).

For an international graduate that means the foreign diploma and transcript are checked, and translated, during ECFMG certification rather than by the Board.

ECFMG's rule is the one to meet: a complete, word-for-word translation, made from the original or a photocopy, signed by a professional translation service on letterhead that identifies it as a translation service, with a certification statement in English (ECFMG: English translations). An eVerbary certified translation is laid out that way.

What Missouri may still ask you for

The Board's Official Document Form lists translations among the documents it may request, and the application asks for name-change records when a previous name appears on any supporting document (Instructions for permanent physician application).

If those are in another language, translate them before the Board asks; a certified translation of a marriage certificate is a one-page order.

The physician application does not ask for translations to be notarized (Instructions for permanent physician application); if the Board requests a document during review, ask whether it wants notarization before you order, and add it at checkout if so.

Documents applicants usually translate

• Medical school diploma, for ECFMG
• Final medical school transcript, for ECFMG
• Marriage certificate, divorce decree or court order for a name change
• Foreign medical license
• Postgraduate training certificates issued abroad, if the Board asks for them

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 Missouri Healing Arts Board

• For ECFMG, upload the certified translation and the original-language document through your MyIntealth account, following ECFMG's instructions (ECFMG: English translations).

• For the Board, upload name-change records with your application or send requested documents with the Official Document Form (Official Document Form, application forms).

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.

Frequently asked questions