97-1985. National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4038-4039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1985]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation

    Date and Time: Monday, March 3, 1997, 9:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.; 
Tuesday, March 4, 1997, 9:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
    Place: The Latham Hotel, 3000 M. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20007
    Status: Parts of this meeting will be open to the public. Parts of 
this meeting will be closed to the public.

    Matters to be Considered: The Standards of accreditation applied to 
medical schools by a number of foreign countries and the comparability 
of those standards of accreditation applied to United States medical 
schools. Discussions of the standards of accreditation will be held in 
sessions open to the public. Discussions that focus on specific 
determinations of comparability are closed to the public in order that 
each country may be properly notified of the decision.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 481 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, as amended in 1992 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1088), the 
Secretary established within the Department of Education the National 
Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation. The 
Committee's responsibilities are to (1) evaluate the standards of 
accreditation applied to applicant foreign medical schools; and (2) 
determine the comparability of those standards to standards for 
accreditation applied to United States medical schools.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol F. Sperry, Executive Director, 
National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation, 600 
Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 3905, ROB #3, Washington, D.C. 20202-
7563. Telephone: [phone]. Beginning Monday, February 24, 1997, 
you may call to obtain the identity of the countries whose standards 
are to be evaluated during this meeting.


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    Dated: January 22, 1997.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 97-1985 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
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