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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Committee on Foreign
Medical Education and Accreditation
Meeting
AGENCY:
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
(NCFMEA). 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?
The public meeting will be held on
Monday, September 14, 2009, from 8
a.m. until approximately 5 p.m. in the
Barnard Auditorium, U.S. Department
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of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20202. Due to
security restrictions, all attendees must
pre-register with the Acting Committee
Director in order to be admitted to the
building on the day of the meeting.
Please notify the contact person, listed
below, prior to September 1, 2009 to
pre-register.
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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.,
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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 Dr. Rachael A. Shultz,
the Acting Executive Director for the
NCFMEA, if you have questions about
the meeting. You may contact her at the
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K
St., NW., Room 7127, Washington, DC
20006–8129, telephone: 202–219–7009,
fax: 202–219–7005, e-mail:
Rachael.Shultz@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
NCFMEA?
The NCFMEA was established by the
Secretary of Education under Section
102 of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended. The NCFMEA’s
responsibilities are to:
• Upon request of a foreign country,
evaluate the standards of accreditation
applied to medical schools in that
country; and
• Determine the comparability of
those standards to standards for
accreditation applied to United States
medical schools. Comparability of the
applicable accreditation standards is an
eligibility requirement for foreign
medical schools to participate in the
Federal Family Education Loan
program, 20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.
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
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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
resulting in 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: Australia/New
Zealand, Costa Rica, Hungary, Ireland,
Mexico, Poland, Saba, Slovakia,
Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Beginning September 1, 2009, 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 meeting
agenda, as well as the staff analyses
pertaining to this meeting, will be
posted on the Department of
Education’s Web site at the following
address: https://www.ed.gov/about/
bdscomm/list/ncfmea.html. CDs
containing PDF files of the staff reports
will be available at the meeting at no
charge to the attendees and otherwise
upon request to the contact person
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation
Meeting
AGENCY: 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
(NCFMEA). 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?
The public meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2009, from
8 a.m. until approximately 5 p.m. in the Barnard Auditorium, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20202. Due to security restrictions, all attendees must pre-register
with the Acting Committee Director in order to be admitted to the
building on the day of the meeting. Please notify the contact person,
listed below, prior to September 1, 2009 to pre-register.
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 Dr. Rachael A. Shultz, the Acting Executive Director
for the NCFMEA, if you have questions about the meeting. You may
contact her at the U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K St., NW., Room
7127, Washington, DC 20006-8129, telephone: 202-219-7009, fax: 202-219-
7005, e-mail: Rachael.Shultz@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 NCFMEA?
The NCFMEA was established by the Secretary of Education under
Section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. The
NCFMEA's responsibilities are to:
Upon request of a foreign country, evaluate the standards
of accreditation applied to medical schools in that country; and
Determine the comparability of those standards to
standards for accreditation applied to United States medical schools.
Comparability of the applicable accreditation standards is an
eligibility requirement for foreign medical schools to participate in
the Federal Family Education Loan program, 20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.
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
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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 resulting in 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:
Australia/New Zealand, Costa Rica, Hungary, Ireland, Mexico, Poland,
Saba, Slovakia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Beginning September 1,
2009, 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 meeting agenda, as well as the staff analyses pertaining
to this meeting, will be posted on the Department of Education's Web
site at the following address: https://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/ncfmea.html. CDs containing PDF files of the staff reports will be
available at the meeting at no charge to the attendees and otherwise
upon request to the contact person listed above.
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.
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2.
Delegation of Authority: The Secretary of Education has delegated
authority to Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, Forecasting and Policy
Analysis for the Office of Postsecondary Education, to perform the
functions of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
Daniel T. Madzelan,
Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis.
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