[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6732-6733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3300]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation

    Date and Time: Thursday, March 12, 1998, 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
    Place: The Embassy Suites Hotel, 1250 22nd Street, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20037, (202) 857-3388. 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 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, Acting 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 March 2, 1998, 
you may call to obtain the identity of the countries whose standards 
are to be evaluated during this meeting.


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    Dated: February 3, 1998.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 98-3300 Filed 2-9-98; 8:45 am]
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