80 FR 65875 - Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs; Notice of Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 207 (October 27, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65875-65876]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27241]


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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 17-18, 2015, in Room 530 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 November 17 and at 12 noon on November 18. This 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 17, the Committee will receive briefings on Advisory 
Committee Management, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Polytrauma 
System of Care, Clinical Orthotists and Prosthetists, Spinal Cord 
Injury and Disorders, Eye Care (Optometry and Ophthalmology), and VA 
Library Orientation. On November 18, the Committee will receive a 
briefing on Workforce Planning.

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    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 and 
Prosthetic Services (10P4RR), Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 15 minutes before 
the meeting begins. Any member of the public wishing to attend the 
meeting should contact Mr. Long at (202) 461-7354.

    Dated: October 22, 2015.
Rebecca Schiller,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-27241 Filed 10-26-15; 8:45 am]
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