1. (a) The Applications Review Committee is established to review the educational credentials of an applicant. If it is determined that a board-approved credentialing evaluator failed to adhere to the guidelines established by §329.5(g) of this title (relating to Licensing Procedures for Foreign-Trained Applicants), the Applications Review Committee may overrule the credentialing evaluation of an applicant.
2. (b) The Applications Review Committee by September 1, 1995, will have reviewed potential credentialing evaluators and have made a recommendation to the board as to which evaluator(s) should be board-approved. The board must then adopt an evaluator(s) by rule.
3. (c) The Applications Review Committee by September 1, 1996, will have reviewed potential credentialing evaluators and have made a recommendation to the board as to which evaluator(s) should be board-approved. The board must then adopt an evaluator(s) by rule.
4. (d) The Applications Review Committee by September 1, 1998, will have reviewed potential credentialing evaluators and have made a recommendation to the board as to which evaluator(s) should be board-approved. The board must then adopt an evaluator(s) by rule. Thereafter, the Applications Review Committee on a biennial basis will review potential credential evaluators and make a recommendation to the board as to which evaluator(s) should be board-approved, and on a biennial basis the board will adopt an evaluator(s) by rule.
5. (e) The Applications Review Committee may conduct the reviews of credentialing evaluators more or less frequently.
6. (f) The board approved credentialing review agencies are International Credentialing Associates (ICA), International Consultants of Delaware (ICD) and The University of Texas at Austin.

Source Note:The provisions of this §323.4 adopted to be effective October 26, 1994, 19 TexReg 8111; amended to be effective May 8, 1996, 21 TexReg 3708; amended to be effective January 31, 1997, 22 TexReg 899.