[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 6697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2709]


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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 March 10-11, 2009, at VA Central Office, 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. On March 10, the session will be held in 
Room 630 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on March 11, the session will 
be held in Room 230 from 8:30 a.m. to 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 visual impairment, loss 
of extremities or loss of function, deafness or hearing impairment, and 
other serious incapacities in terms of daily life functions.
    On the morning of March 10, the Committee will be briefed by a 
representative from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation 
Facilities and the Chief Consultant for Rehabilitation Services on 
Audiology and Speech Pathology Programs. In the afternoon, the 
Committee will receive briefings from the Chief Consultant for Spinal 
Cord Injury and Disorders, the Chief of Prosthetics and Clinical 
Logistics Officer, and the Director of Blind Rehabilitation Service. On 
the morning of March 11, an update will be provided by the Chief of 
Ophthalmology Services.
    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. Any member of the public wishing to attend the 
meeting should contact Mr. Long at (202) 461-7354.

    Dated: February 5, 2009.

    By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-2709 Filed 2-9-09; 8:45 am]
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