The United Nations experts also want to establish the names and professional qualifications of the top officials running the program so that they can interrogate them about their work.

In the absence of a federal law or constitutional amendment, each state is given considerable discretion to establish qualifications for suffrage and candidacy within its own jurisdiction.

In other words, the "right to vote" is perhaps better understood, in layman's terms, as only prohibiting certain forms of legal discrimination in establishing qualifications for suffrage.

He also wants to establish qualifications for board members so that loyalty to the Red Cross alone, while honorable, is not enough.

The hospital did not establish qualifications for granting credentials for the procedure until five months after the surgery.

The bill would bar political leaders and public officials from serving on local school boards and establish more stringent financial disclosure requirements and other qualifications for board members.

"I think it is very important that confirmation be rigorous," Mr. Specter said, "and with the president's party as much concerned about establishing qualifications as the loyal opposition."

From 1981-2001, the Creek had membership rules that allowed applicants to use a variety of documentary sources to establish qualifications for membership.

Orr established a licensure system for teachers establishing qualifications for first (highest), second, and third grade teaching licenses.

The law also established legal advisory offices at every level of government and established the duties, rights, and qualifications of lawyers.