[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 22CFR11.4]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 11--APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 11.4  Medical examination for appointment to class 7 or 8.

    The Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service has established the 
following rules regarding the medical examination of candidates.
    (a) A candidate graded ``recommended'' on the oral examination will 
be eligible for the physical examination.
    (b) The medical examination is designed to determine the candidate's 
physical fitness to perform the duties of a Foreign Service officer on a 
worldwide basis and to determine the presence of any physical, nervous, 
or mental disease or defect of such a nature as to make it unlikely that 
the candidate would become a satisfactory officer. The Executive 
Director of the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service, with the 
concurrence of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Medical Services, may 
make such exceptions to these physical requirements as are in the 
interest of the Service. All such exceptions shall be reported to the 
Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service at its next meeting.
    (c) The medical examination will be conducted by medical officers of 
the Armed Forces, the Public Health Service, the Department, accredited 
colleges and universities, or, with the approval of the Board of 
Examiners, by private physicians.
    (d) The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Medical Services will 
determine, on the basis of the report of the physician(s) who conducted 
the medical examination, whether the candidate has met the standards set 
forth in paragraph (b) of this section.

(22 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.)

[37 FR 19356, Sept. 20, 1972]