[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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