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 95 STAT. 1614 Waivers.

PUBLIC LAW 97-116—DEC. 29, 1981

"The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Director of the International Communication Agency, shall (i) monitor the issuance of waivers under subparagraph (A) and the needs of the communities (with respect to which such waivers are issued) to assure that quality medical care is provided, and (ii) review each program with such a waiver to assure that the plan described in subparagraph (A)(ii) is being carried out and that participants in such program are being provided appropriate supervision in their medical education and training. Report to "(C) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination Congress. with the Attorney General and the Director of the International Communication Agency, shall report to the Congress at the beginning of fiscal years 1982 and 1983 on the distribution (by geography, nationality, and medical specialty or field of practice) of foreign medical graduates in the United States who have received a waiver under subparagraph (A), including an analysis of the dependence of the various communities on aliens who are in medical education or training programs in the various medical specialties."; and Report to (8) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:Congress. "(3) The Director of the International Communication Agency annually shall transmit to the Congress a report on aliens who have submitted affidavits described in paragraph (I)(E), and shall include in such report the name and address of each such alien, the medical education or training program in which such alien is participating, and the status of such alien in that program.". 8 USC 1182 note. (c) The amendments made by paragraphs (2), (5), and (6) of subsection (b) shall apply to aliens entering the United States as exchange visitors (or otherwise acquiring exchange visitor status) on or after January 10, 1978. (d)(1) Section 101(a)(27) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)) is amended by striking out "or" at the end of subparagraph (F), by striking out the period at the end of subparagraph (G) and inserting in lieu thereof "; or", and by adding after subparagraph (G) the following new subparagraph: "(H) an immigrant, and his accompanying spouse and children, who— "(i) has graduated from a medical school or has qualified to practice medicine in a foreign state, "(ii) was fully and permanently licensed to practice medicine in a State on January 9, 1978, and was practicing medicine in a State on that date, "(iii) entered the United States as a nonimmigrant under subsection (a)(lSXH) or (a)(15)(J) before January 10, 1978, and "(iv) has been continuously present in the United States in the practice or study of medicine since the date of such entry.". (2) Section 245(c)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1255(c)(2)) is amended by inserting "or a special immigrant described in section 101(a)(27XH)" after "an immediate relative as defined in section 201(b)". Report to (e) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, after consultation Congress. 8 USC 1101 note. with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the International Communication Agency, shall evaluate the effectiveness and value to foreign nations and to the United States of exchange programs for the graduate medical education or training of aliens who are graduates of foreign medical schools, and shall report to Congress, not later than January 15, 1983, on such evaluation and include in such report such recommendations for changes in legislation and regulations as may be appropriate.

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