[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR41.108]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 41--VISAS: DOCUMENTATION OF NONIMMIGRANTS UNDER THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart J--Application for Nonimmigrant Visa
 
Sec. 41.108  Medical examination.

    (a) Requirements for medical examination. An applicant for a 
nonimmigrant visa shall be required to take a medical examination if:
    (1) The alien is an applicant for a K nonimmigrant visa as a 
fiance(e) of a U.S. citizen or as the child of such an applicant; or,
    (2) The alien is seeking admission for medical treatment and the 
consular officer considers a medical examination advisable; or,
    (3) The consular officer has reason to believe that a medical 
examination might disclose that the alien is medically ineligible to 
receive a visa.
    (b) Examination by panel physician. The required examination, which 
must be carried out in accordance with United States Public Health 
Service regulations, shall be conducted by a physician selected by the 
alien from a panel of physicians approved by the consular officer or, if 
the alien is in the

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United States, by a medical officer of the United States Public Health 
Service or by a contract physician from a list of physicians approved by 
the INS for the examination of INA 245 adjustment of status applicants.
    (c) Panel physician facility requirements. A consular officer may 
not include the name of a physician on the panel of physicians referred 
to in paragraph (b) of this section unless the physician has facilities 
to perform required serological and X-ray tests or is in a position to 
refer applicants to a qualified laboratory for such tests.