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Texas State Board of Pharmacy: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language
Yes, through the evaluation: Texas Board of Pharmacy asks for a credential evaluation, and FPGEC, one of the agencies it accepts, takes certified translations from professional services such as eVerbary.
Credential evaluation: Full FPGEC certification before applying
- $24.95 per page
- Usually 24 h for 1–3 pages
- Signed certificate of accuracy, PDF
- See the price before you pay
How we know · policy checked on October 21, 2026
The Texas State Board of Pharmacy makes full FPGEC certification the first requirement for any foreign pharmacy graduate, and releases its licensure applications only after you have it; it publishes no translation rule of its own.
Your documents are translated for the FPGEC, which accepts certified translations from professional services such as eVerbary, but not your own translations.
We translate your pharmacy records and license for the FPGEC process; we do not apply for certification, and Texas internship hours are certified by state boards, not by foreign employers.
Texas Board of Pharmacy at a glance
Does it accept eVerbary? Yes
Texas requires full FPGEC certification before it will issue an application (Texas Board page), and the FPGEC accepts an official translation from "a professional translation service in any country" (FPGEC Bulletin), so a certified translation from a professional service such as eVerbary meets the rule that applies. Policy checked on October 21, 2026.
- Translation
- Through FPGEC; no Texas rule
- Who may translate
- FPGEC rule: professional service, not applicant
- Credential evaluation
- Full FPGEC certification before applying
- Price
- $24.95 per pageUp to 250 words, certification included
- Delivery
- 24 hoursStandard for one to three pages
- Grades
- As recordedNever converted to a US GPA
Checked on October 21, 2026. Sources are listed at the end of this page. Policies change: confirm on Texas Board of Pharmacy's own page before you submit.
Worth knowing about Texas Board of Pharmacy
Certification first
No Texas application until FPGEC certification is complete.
Six-month internship clock
Internship pauses if NAPLEX and MPJE are not passed in 6 months.
US boards certify hours
Hours from outside Texas count only if another US board certifies them.
Texas Board of Pharmacy requirements in detail
Translation
The Texas Board publishes no translation rule for foreign graduates; documents are translated for the FPGEC, under its rule (Information for foreign pharmacy graduates, FPGEC).
Who may translate
Set by the FPGEC: an official translator or a professional translation service in any country, never the applicant; each page signed and dated by the translator (FPGEC Bulletin: Documentation Requirements).
Who counts as a foreign graduate
A pharmacist whose undergraduate pharmacy degree was conferred outside the US by a school listed in the WHO World Directory of Schools of Pharmacy, in a program not accredited by ACPE (Information for foreign pharmacy graduates).
FPGEC certification
The first requirement; applications for licensure by exam or by reciprocity are available from the Board only after full certification (Information for foreign pharmacy graduates).
Evaluation
Inside the FPGEC process: ECE evaluates your pharmacy education for NABP (ECE). Texas asks for no other credential evaluation.
Exams
NAPLEX and the MPJE; Texas takes part in the NAPLEX Score Transfer Program (Information for foreign pharmacy graduates).
Internship
Extended internship may start once you are FPGEC certified and have a Texas exam application on file; it runs six months unless both exams are passed in that window, then continues for two years (Information for foreign pharmacy graduates).
Why the translation happens before Texas sees anything
Texas puts FPGEC certification at the front of the line: it is "the first requirement" for a foreign graduate, and the Board hands out its exam and reciprocity applications only after full certification (Information for foreign pharmacy graduates).
By the time you apply in Texas, the foreign-language documents have already been read by ECE and NABP.
Those two apply the FPGEC rule: an official word-for-word translation, seals and stamps included, by an official translator or a professional translation service in any country, with the translator's original signature and date on every page, an accuracy attestation and proof of credentials; no self-translation and no photocopies (FPGEC Bulletin: Documentation Requirements).
License documents also need an official word-for-word translation from a credentialed translator (FPGEC Bulletin: Submit Documentation (license and registration)).
Order through a free quote and say the translation is for the FPGEC, so we confirm the format before you pay.
Internship hours, and where the Board's pages differ
Texas accepts internship hours earned outside Texas only when another US state board of pharmacy approves and certifies them to Texas (Information for foreign pharmacy graduates). Experience letters from your home country are not part of that, so they do not need a translation for Texas.
The web page says score-transfer applicants need 1,740 hours, the ACPE minimum, while the older PDF version of the same page says 1,500 hours and gives a passing score of 75 (web page, PDF). We read the web page as current; confirm the hours with the Board before you plan your internship.
Need a certified translation for Texas Board of Pharmacy?
$24.95 per page of up to 250 words, certification included, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages. See the price before you pay.
Documents applicants usually translate
- Pharmacy school transcripts, for the ECE report inside FPGEC
- Pharmacy degree certificate
- Pharmacist license or registration from your country, for NABP
- Marriage certificate or court order, if your name changed
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 Texas Board of Pharmacy
Translations go with your FPGEC paperwork, by mail: education records to ECE and license documents to NABP (ECE, FPGEC). Texas receives your certification status from NABP, not the translations.
eVerbary can mail the translations to you in sealed, signed envelopes: 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 they are for the FPGEC.
What we do not do
eVerbary is a translation service, not a credential evaluation service or a licensing agency: we do not issue evaluations, US equivalencies or GPA conversions, we cannot send documents on behalf of the school or authority that issued them, and we do not file the license application.
For Texas that means we translate the documents you send through the FPGEC process; certification, the Texas application and the internship approval are between you, NABP and the Board.
How to order
- Scan or photograph every page of the document, front and back, including any stamps on the reverse.
- Upload it, choose the language and "certified", and see the price before paying.
- 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
Can I apply to the Texas Board before I am FPGEC certified?
No. Texas applications are available only after you have full FPGEC certification (Information for foreign pharmacy graduates).
Who can translate my pharmacy documents?
The FPGEC accepts an official translator or a professional translation service in any country, not you (FPGEC Bulletin: Documentation Requirements). A certified translation from a professional service such as eVerbary qualifies.
Does Texas need its own credential evaluation?
No. The education review happens within FPGEC, through ECE (ECE: NABP documentation requirements).
Do pharmacy hours from my country count in Texas?
Texas accepts hours from outside Texas only if another US state board approves and certifies them (Information for foreign pharmacy graduates).
Sources
Texas State Board of Pharmacy's own pages, read on October 21, 2026.
Translating documents for Texas Board of Pharmacy?
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