List of Hospitals Qualifying As A
Facility Under The H-1C Nurse Law

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The Labor Department regulations implementing the H-1C nurse law (issued on August 22, 2000) state as follows:

"The (Labor) Department believes, based on information from the Health Resources and Services Administration of HHS, that only fourteen hospitals satisfy all of the criteria for a 'facility' eligible to participate in the H-1C program. These apparently eligible hospitals are:

1. Beaumont Regional Medical Center, Beaumont, Texas

2. Beverly Hospital, Montebello, California

3. Doctors Medical Center, Modesto, California

4. Elizabeth General Medical Center, Elizabeth, New Jersey

5. Fairview Park Hospital, Dublin, Georgia

6. Lutheran Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri

7. McAllen Medical Center, McAllen, Texas

8. Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland

9. Mercy Regional Medical Center, Laredo, Texas

10. Peninsula Hospital Medical Center, Far Rockaway, New York

11. Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Lumberton, North Carolina

12. Southwest General Hospital, San Antonio, Texas

13. St. Bernard Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

14. Valley Baptist Medical Center, Harlingen, Texas

However, the government recognizes "that there may be other hospitals which may be... eligible to participate in the H-1C program."

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