[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 45CFR50.2]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                           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 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]