[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2010)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26485]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities
Programs; Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the
Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs
will be held on November 9-10, 2010, in room 730, at VA Central Office,
810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The sessions will convene at
8:30 a.m. on both days, and will adjourn at 4:30 p.m. on November 9 and
at 12 noon on November 10. The meeting is open to the public.
The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs on VA's prosthetics programs designed to provide state-of-the-
art prosthetics and the associated rehabilitation research,
development, and evaluation of such technology. The Committee also
provides advice to the Secretary on special disabilities programs which
are defined as any program administered by the Secretary to serve
Veterans with spinal cord injuries, blindness or visual impairments,
loss of extremities or loss of function, deafness or hearing
impairment, and other serious incapacities in terms of daily life
functions.
On November 9, the Committee will be briefed by the Director of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Chief Consultant for Women
Veterans Strategic Healthcare Group; Director of Optometry Service; and
Chief Consultant for Dental Services. On November 10, the Committee
will be briefed by the Chief Consultant for Prosthetics and Sensory
Aids Service.
No time will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the
public. However, members of the public may direct questions or submit
written statements for review by the Committee in advance of the
meeting to Mr. Larry N. Long, Designated Federal Officer, Veterans
Health Administration, Patient Care Services, Rehabilitation Services
(117D), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20420, or by e-mail at [email protected]. Any member of the
public wishing to attend the meeting should contact Mr. Long at (202)
461-7354.
Dated: October 17, 2010.
By Direction of the Secretary.
Vivian Drake,
Acting Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-26485 Filed 10-20-10; 8:45 am]
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