[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2010)]
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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.
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