[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR50.2]

[Page 128-129]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 50--U.S. EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM--REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF THE TWO-YEAR 
FOREIGN RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 50.2  Exchange Visitor Waiver Review Board.

    (a) Establishment. The Exchange Visitor Waiver Review Board is 
established to carry out the Department's responsibilities under the 
Exchange Visitor Program.
    (b) Functions. The Exchange Visitor Waiver Review Board is 
responsible for making thorough and equitable evaluations of 
applications submitted by institutions, acting on behalf of Exchange 
Visitors, to HHS for a favorable recommendation to the Department of 
State that the two-year foreign residence requirement for Exchange 
Visitors under the Exchange Visitor Program be waived.
    (c) Membership. The Exchange Visitor Waiver Review Board consists of 
no fewer than three members and two alternates, of whom no fewer than 
three

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will consider any particular application. The Director of the Office of 
Global Health Affairs, Office of the Secretary, is an ex officio member 
of the Board and serves as its Chairman. The Director may designate a 
staff member of the Office of the Secretary to serve as member and 
Chairman of the Board in the Director's absence. The Assistant Secretary 
for Health appoints two regularly assigned members and two alternates to 
consider applications concerning health, biomedical research, and 
related fields. The Chairman may request the heads of operating 
divisions of the Department to appoint additional members to consider 
applications in other fields of interest to the Department. The Board 
may obtain expert advisory opinions from other sources. The Board may 
establish a workgroup from the operating divisions of the Department to 
consider applications for waivers based on the need for the delivery of 
health care services to underserved populations.

[49 FR 9900, Mar. 16, 1984, as amended at 67 FR 77695, Dec. 19, 2002]