[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR61.15]



[Page 352-353]

 

                         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.