[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR61.15]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 61--FELLOWSHIPS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart A--Regular Fellowships
 
Sec. 61.15  Moral character or loyalty; reference to Special Review Committee; review and recommendation.

    (a) Moral character or loyalty; reference to Special Review 
Committee. Whenever the Surgeon General has substantial evidence with 
respect to any fellow (1) that the statement filed pursuant to 
Sec. 61.5(d) was not made in good faith; or (2) that a fellow has (i) 
been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude or (ii) engaged in 
conduct involving moral turpitude (unless in the case of either 
paragraph (a)(2) (i) or (ii) of this section, it is established that the 
fellow is, nevertheless, then a person of good moral character), the 
Surgeon General shall refer the pertinent records to a Special Review 
Committee established as prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) Special Review Committee; composition. The Special Review 
Committee shall be composed of a representative of the Office of the 
Surgeon General designated by the Surgeon General as chairman but 
nonvoting member, the appropriate Associate Director or comparable 
official of the bureau involved, the Chief of the Division of Research 
Grants, the Director of the Institute or the Chief of the Division which 
awarded the fellowship in question, or their delegates, and two 
additional members appointed by the Surgeon General.
    (c) Information; supplementation. The Committee may supplement the 
information referred to it by such correspondence, personal interviews, 
or other informal methods as necessary in order to make its 
recommendation as provided in paragraph (d) of this section.
    (d) Review and recommendation. The Committee shall review the 
pertinent records, determine whether there is substantial reason to 
believe that the award should be terminated or not continued either on 
grounds relating to moral character or on the ground that the statement 
filed pursuant to Sec. 61.5(d) was not made in good faith, and make its 
recommendation to the Surgeon

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General in writing, with reasons therefor, accordingly.