[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4849-4850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2235]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation

    Date and Time: Thursday, March 4, 1999, 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
    Place: The Latham Hotel, 3000 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037, 
(202) 726-5000. 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 standard of accreditation applied to 
medical schools by several 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

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determination of comparability are closed to the public in order that 
each country may be properly notified of the decision.
    Supplemenatry Information:  Pursuant to section 481 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, as amended in 1992 (20 U.S.C. 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, Executive Director, National Committee on Foreign 
Medical Education and Accreditation, 7th and D Streets, SW, Room 3082, 
ROB #3, Washington, DC 20202-7563. Telephone: (202) 260-3636. Beginning 
February 22, 1999, you may call to obtain the identity of the countries 
whose standards are to be evaluated during this meeting.
Greg Woods,
Chief Operating Officer, Office of Student Financial Assistance 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 99-2235 Filed 1-29-99; 8:45 am]
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