[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 209 (Monday, October 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 65609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26446]


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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 the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, that a meeting of the 
Federal Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities 
Programs will be held on November 8-9, 2012, in Room 730 at 810 Vermont 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC. The meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. on 
both days, and will adjourn at 4:30 p.m. on November 8 and at 12 noon 
on November 9. 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 8, the Committee will receive briefings on the Physical 
Therapy Program; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Optometric 
Services; Rural Health Programs and Spinal Cord Injury/Disorders. On 
November 9, the Committee will receive a briefing on Rehabilitation and 
Prosthetic 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 
(10P4RD), VA, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC, 20420, or by 
email at [email protected]. Any member of the public wishing to attend the 
meeting should contact Mr. Long at (202) 461-7354.

    Dated: October 23, 2012.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Vivian Drake,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-26446 Filed 10-26-12; 8:45 am]
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