---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 41.108"
title: "22"
number: "41.108"
heading: "Medical examination."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/41.108"
---

# §41.108. Medical examination.

- (a) **Requirements for medical examination.** An applicant for a nonimmigrant visa shall be required to take a medical examination if:
  - (1) The alien is an applicant for a K nonimmigrant visa as a fiance(e) of a U.S. citizen or as the child of such an applicant; or,
  - (2) The alien is seeking admission for medical treatment and the consular officer considers a medical examination advisable; or,
  - (3) The consular officer has reason to believe that a medical examination might disclose that the alien is medically ineligible to receive a visa.
- (b) **Examination by panel physician.** The required examination, which must be carried out in accordance with United States Public Health Service regulations, shall be conducted by a physician selected by the alien from a panel of physicians approved by the consular officer or, if the alien is in the United States, by a medical officer of the United States Public Health Service or by a contract physician from a list of physicians approved by the DHS for the examination of INA 245 adjustment of status applicants.
- (c) **Panel physician facility requirements.** A consular officer may not include the name of a physician on the panel of physicians referred to in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section unless the physician has facilities to perform required serological and X-ray tests or is in a position to refer applicants to a qualified laboratory for such tests.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101; 1102; 1103, 1104; 1182; 1184; 1185 note (Section 7209 of Pub. L. 108-458, as amended by Section 546 of Pub. L. 109-295); 1201; 1258; 1323; 1361; 2651a.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 42597, Nov. 5, 1987, unless otherwise noted.