---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 61.5"
title: "42"
number: "61.5"
heading: "Qualifications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/61.5"
---

# §61.5. Qualifications.


In order to qualify for a regular fellowship, an applicant must:

- (a) Meet the Public Health Service requirements of general suitability, including professional and personal fitness.
- (b) Have been accepted by a public or other nonprofit institution for the purpose of the activity for which the fellowship is sought.
- (c) Be free from any disease or disability that would interfere with the accomplishment of the fellowship purpose.
- (d) If a citizen or noncitizen national of the United States, sign and file with the Surgeon General the following statement:
- (e) Comply with such other requirements as may be prescribed by the Surgeon General.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 215, 58 Stat. 690, as amended, sec. 8, 77 Stat. 400; 42 U.S.C. 216, 1857g; secs. 301, 402, 58 Stat. 691, as amended, 707, secs. 412, 422, 62 Stat. 464, 598, sec. 433, 64 Stat. 444, as amended, sec. 308, 74 Stat. 364, sec. 444, 76 Stat. 1073, sec. 3, 77 Stat. 394, secs. 394, 395, 79 Stat. 1062; 42 U.S.C. 241, 282, 287a, 288a, 289c, 242f, 289g, 1857b, 280b-4, 280b-5.

### Source

Source: 31 FR 12096, Sept. 16, 1966, unless otherwise noted.