[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 54868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7762]



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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 October 3-4, 2006, in Room 230, VA Central Office, 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting will convene at 8:30 
a.m. on both days. On October 3, it will adjourn at 4:30 p.m., and on 
October 4 at 12 noon. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on VA's prosthetic 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 disability programs which 
are defined as any program administered by the Secretary to serve 
veterans with spinal cord injury, blindness or vision impairment, loss 
of or loss of the use of extremities, deafness or hearing impairment, 
or other serious incapacities in terms of daily life functions.
    There will be presentations by various Veterans Health 
Administration officials throughout the meeting. On the morning of 
October 3, the Committee will be briefed by the Chief Consultant, 
Rehabilitation Services, and the Director, Physical Medicine and 
Rehabilitation. In the afternoon, there will be briefings from the 
Director of Ophthalmology and Optometry, and the Chief Prosthetics and 
Clinical Logistics Officer. On the morning of October 4, the Committee 
will be briefed by the Chief Research and Development Officer.
    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 for the 
meeting to Ms. Cynthia Wade, Designated Federal Officer, Veterans 
Health Administration, Patient Care Services, Rehabilitation Services 
(117), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20420. Any member of the public wishing to attend the 
meeting should contact Ms. Wade at (202) 273-8485.

    Dated: September 12, 2006.
    By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-7762 Filed 9-18-06; 8:45 am]
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