TOEFL score for CES

[nantipa23, BSN]

Hello everyone.

I'm a nurse from Thailand and I'd like to practice in Virginia. I looked for details about foreign nurses on VA website but it barely has information about what their requirement are for nurses who graduated from outside the U.S. I used to work in ICU-MED for about 5 years in Thailand before I moved to the states. I really want to start working here but still confuse about the requirement. I'm a greencard holder so I'm eligible to work and already have SSN.

My question is

Does anyone know how much score of TOEFL that Virginia needs and Do they need 26 in speaking section?

My TOEFL score is 102 but I got 24 in speaking. I applied CES with English Language Proficiency report and CGFNS got every document that they need except TOEFL score since I am not sure what score that they are looking for.

I saw comments in this board (allnurses) saying that VA doesn't need speaking 26 for CES, it needs 26 in speaking section for visa screen. The comments were in 2011 so I don't know if the rule already changed or not.

I tried to look for the information on VBON and CGFNS website but I couldn't it. Also, I called both VBON and CGFNS and didn't get the clear answer.

Thank You for answering my question, I sincerely appreciate it.