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National Committee on Foreign
Medical Education and Accreditation;
Meeting
National Committee on Foreign
Medical Education and Accreditation,
Department of Education.
AGENCY:
What Is the Purpose of This Notice?
The purpose of this notice is to
announce the upcoming meeting of the
National Committee on Foreign Medical
Education and Accreditation (the
Committee). Parts of this meeting will
be open to the public, and the public is
invited to attend those portions.
When and Where Will the Meeting
Take Place?
We will hold the public meeting on
March 6, 2008 from 1 p.m. until
approximately 5 p.m. in the Potomac
One and Two Room at The Melrose
Hotel, 2430 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20037–6936. You may
call the hotel at 202–955–6400 to
inquire about room accommodations.
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Individuals With Disabilities?
The meeting site is accessible to
individuals with disabilities. If you will
need an auxiliary aid or service to
participate in the meeting, e.g.,
interpreting service, assistive listening
device, or materials in an alternate
format, notify the contact person listed
in this notice at least two weeks before
the scheduled meeting date. Although
we will attempt to meet a request
received after that date, we may not be
able to make available the requested
auxiliary aid or service because of
insufficient time to arrange it.
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Please contact Ms. Melissa Lewis, the
Executive Director for the National
Committee on Foreign Medical
Education and Accreditation, if you
have questions about the meeting. You
may contact her at the U.S. Department
of Education, room 7127, MS 7563, 1990
K St., NW., Washington, DC 20006,
telephone: (202) 219–7009, fax: (202)
219–7008, e-mail:
Melissa.Lewis@ed.gov.
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339.
What Are the Functions of the
Committee?
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The Committee was established by the
Secretary of Education under Section
102 of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended.
The Committee’s responsibilities are
to:
• Evaluate the standards of
accreditation applied to applicant
foreign medical schools; and
• Determine the comparability of
those standards to standards for
accreditation applied to United States
medical schools.
What Items Will Be on the Agenda for
Discussion at the Meeting?
The Committee will review the
standards of accreditation applied to
medical schools by several foreign
countries to determine whether those
standards are comparable to the
standards of accreditation applied to
medical schools in the United States.
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.
The countries tentatively scheduled to
be discussed at the meeting include:
The Caribbean Accreditation Authority
for Education in Medicine and Other
Health Professions, Cayman Islands,
Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ireland, St.
Maarten, and the United Kingdom.
Beginning February 22, you may call the
contact person listed above to obtain the
final listing of the countries whose
standards will be discussed during this
meeting. The listing of countries will
also be posted on the Department of
Education’s Web site at the following
address: https://www.ed.gov/about/
bdscomm/list/ncfmea.html.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and
Accreditation; Meeting
AGENCY: National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and
Accreditation, Department of Education.
What Is the Purpose of This Notice?
The purpose of this notice is to announce the upcoming meeting of
the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation
(the Committee). Parts of this meeting will be open to the public, and
the public is invited to attend those portions.
When and Where Will the Meeting Take Place?
We will hold the public meeting on March 6, 2008 from 1 p.m. until
approximately 5 p.m. in the Potomac One and Two Room at The Melrose
Hotel, 2430 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20037-6936. You
may call the hotel at 202-955-6400 to inquire about room
accommodations.
What Assistance Will Be Provided to Individuals With Disabilities?
The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. If
you will need an auxiliary aid or service to participate in the
meeting, e.g., interpreting service, assistive listening device, or
materials in an alternate format, notify the contact person listed in
this notice at least two weeks before the scheduled meeting date.
Although we will attempt to meet a request received after that date, we
may not be able to make available the requested auxiliary aid or
service because of insufficient time to arrange it.
Who Is the Contact Person for the Meeting?
Please contact Ms. Melissa Lewis, the Executive Director for the
National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation, if
you have questions about the meeting. You may contact her at the U.S.
Department of Education, room 7127, MS 7563, 1990 K St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20006, telephone: (202) 219-7009, fax: (202) 219-7008,
e-mail: Melissa.Lewis@ed.gov.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.
What Are the Functions of the Committee?
The Committee was established by the Secretary of Education under
Section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.
The Committee's responsibilities are to:
Evaluate the standards of accreditation applied to
applicant foreign medical schools; and
Determine the comparability of those standards to
standards for accreditation applied to United States medical schools.
What Items Will Be on the Agenda for Discussion at the Meeting?
The Committee will review the standards of accreditation applied to
medical schools by several foreign countries to determine whether those
standards are comparable to the standards of accreditation applied to
medical schools in the United States. 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.
The countries tentatively scheduled to be discussed at the meeting
include: The Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in
Medicine and Other Health Professions, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica,
Czech Republic, Ireland, St. Maarten, and the United Kingdom. Beginning
February 22, you may call the contact person listed above to obtain the
final listing of the countries whose standards will be discussed during
this meeting. The listing of countries will also be posted on the
Department of Education's Web site at the following address: https://
www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/ncfmea.html.
How May I Obtain Electronic Access to This Document?
You may view this document, as well as all other Department of
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe
Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at the following site:
https://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/
nara/.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2.
Dated: February 14, 2008.
Diane Auer Jones,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. E8-3469 Filed 2-22-08; 8:45 am]
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