[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 72 (Friday, April 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 16175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07645]


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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 that a meeting of the Federal Advisory 
Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs will be held 
on April 30, 2018 and May 1, 2018, in Room 430 at VA Central Office, 
810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420. The meeting will convene 
at 8:30 a.m. on both days, and will adjourn at 4:30 p.m. on April 30 
and at 12 noon on May 1. This meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of VA 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 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 April 30, the Committee will receive briefings on Academic 
Affiliations in Associated Health; Workforce Management Service and 
Human Resources; Modernization in Veterans Health Administration; 
Chiropractic Care Services; Clinical Orthotic and Prosthetic Services. 
On May 1, the Committee members will receive briefings from the 
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Polytrauma System of Care; Access 
to Care; and Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders
    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 Judy Schafer, Ph.D., Designated Federal Officer, Veterans 
Health Administration, Patient Care Services, Rehabilitation and 
Prosthetic Services (10P4R), VA, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20420, or by email at [email protected]. Because the meeting is being 
held in a Government building, a photo I.D. must be presented at the 
Guard's Desk as a part of the clearance process. Therefore, you should 
allow an additional 30 minutes before the meeting begins. Any member of 
the public wishing to attend the meeting should contact Dr. Schafer at 
(202) 461-7315.

    Dated: April 9, 2018.
LaTonya L. Small,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-07645 Filed 4-12-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 8320-01-P