[Federal Register: September 9, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 174)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Committee of Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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DATE AND TIME: Thursday, October 9, 1997, 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.,
Friday, October 10, 1997, 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.

PLACE: The Embassy Suites Hotel, 1250 22nd Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20037. 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 it.

STATUS: Parts of this meeting will be open to the public. Part 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 responsibilities are to (1) evaluate the standards of
accreditation applied to applicant foreign medical schools; and (2)
determined the comparability of those 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, 7th and D Streets, S.W., Room
3082, ROB #3, Washington, D.C. 20202-7563. Telephone: (202) 260-3636.
Beginning September 22, 1997, you may call to obtain the identity of
the countries whose standards are to be evaluated during this meeting.

    Dated: September 2, 1997.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 97-23733 Filed 9-8-97; 8:45 am]
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