98-21757. National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation; Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43385-43386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21757]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and 
Accreditation; Notice of Meeting

    Date and Time: Thursday, October 8, 1998, 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 
p.m.; Friday, October 9, 1998, 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
    Place: The Embassy Suites Hotel, 1250 22nd Street, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20037, [phone]. The meeting site is 
accessible to individuals with disabilities. An individual with a 
disability who will need an accommodation to participate in the 
meeting (e.g., interpreting service, assistive listening device, or 
materials in an alternate format) should notify the contact person 
listed in this notice at least two weeks before the scheduled 
meeting date. Although the Department will attempt to meet a request 
received after that date, the requested accommodations may not be 
available because of insufficient time to arrange them.
    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 to the 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

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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: Bonnie LeBold, Executive 
Director, National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and 
Accreditation, 7th and D Streets, S.W., Room 3082, ROB #3, 
Washington, D.C. 20202-7563. Telephone: [phone]. Beginning 
September 28, 1998, you may call to obtain the identity of the 
countries whose standards are to be evaluated during this meeting.

    Dated: August 6, 1998.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 98-21757 Filed 8-12-98; 8:45 am]
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