HHS Exchange Visitor Program; Request for Waiver of the Two-Year Foreign Residence Requirement

• Document number: 02-31972
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: December 19, 2002
• Effective: December 19, 2002
• Comments close: February 3, 2003
• Agency: Health and Human Services Department; Office of the Secretary

Official abstract

This interim final rule with comment period amends the regulations governing requests for the waiver of the two-year foreign residence requirement of the Health and Human Services (HHS) Exchange Visitor Program. These revisions permit institutions and health care facilities to submit to HHS requests for waiver of the two-year home- country physical presence requirement for physician Exchange Visitors to deliver health care services in underserved areas.

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