[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 47472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23733]


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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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