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RIN: 1115-AE73

Publication ID: Spring 1999

Title: Certification of Certain Health Care Workers
Abstract: On September 30, 1996, the President signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. Section 343 provides that certain foreign health care workers are inadmissible unless they present a certificate from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) (or another equivalent certifying agency as determined by the Attorney General) to the Department of State, or in the case of adjustment of status, to the Attorney General, in order to enter the United States. The certificate must address such issues as licensure, training, language skills, and education. The Service published an interim rule (INS 1879) to address shortages in key health care occupations on October 14, 1998 and plans to issue additional interim rules as necessary to address other occupations or credentialing organizations. The Service will be publishing a proposed rule (INS 1824) to fully implement these requirements, including a designation of covered health care occupations, the procedures and requirements for certifying organizations, the content of the certificates, and the process for presentation of the certificates. The Service will issue an interim rule (INS 1979) to grant temporary authority to the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) to issue certificates to aliens coming to the U.S. to perform labor in the occupations of occupational therapists and physical therapists.
Agency: Department of Justice(DOJ)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 8 CFR 204 8 CFR 212 8 CFR 214.2 8 CFR 245 8 CFR 248
Legal Authority: 8 USC 1182(a)(5) PL 104-208

Child RIN List:

RIN	Title
1115-AH95	INS 1824
1115-AH96	INS 1879
1115-AH97	INS 1979

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: John Brown Adjudications Officer, Adjudciations Division Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Room 3214, 425 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20536 Phone:202 514-5014