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Committee discusses English proficiency and graduation evidence for licensure; clarifies tutorial program status
Summary
The California Acupuncture Board licensing committee discussed whether to require a minimum English proficiency standard for foreign‑trained and tutorial applicants and clarified transcript/graduation requirements that applicants must meet to be eligible for the licensing exam.
The California Acupuncture Board licensing committee discussed whether to require a minimum English proficiency standard for foreign‑trained and tutorial applicants and clarified transcript/graduation requirements that applicants must meet to be eligible for the licensing exam.
Committee members and staff noted that accreditor standards (ACOM/ACAHM) set a TOEFL threshold for accredited programs (commonly cited as a TOEFL iBT score of 61), but that tutorial and foreign‑trained applicants historically have not been subject to the same language testing. Ben Bodea (board staff) told the committee that “TOEFL is kind of…
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