[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 188 (Thursday, September 29, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-24087]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Persian Gulf Expert Scientific Committee, Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs, (VA), in accordance with Pub.
L. 92-463, gives notice that meetings of the VA Persian Gulf Expert
Scientific Committee will be held on:
Monday, November 14, 1994, at 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tuesday, November 15, 1994, at 8:30 a.m.-12:01 p.m.
The location of the meeting will be 801 I Street, NW; Washington,
DC; room 1105.
The Committee's objectives are to advise the Under Secretary for
Health, about medical findings affecting Persian Gulf era veterans.
At this meeting the Committee will review all aspects of patient
care and medical diagnoses and will provide professional consultation
as needed. The Committee may advise on other areas involving research
and development, veterans benefits and/or training aspects for patients
and staff.
All portions of the meeting will be open to the public except from
4 p.m. until 5 p.m. on November 14, 1994, and 11 a.m. until 12:01 p.m.
on November 15, 1994. During these executive sessions discussions and
recommendations will deal with medical records of specific patients and
individually identifiable patient medical histories. The disclosure of
this information would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy. Closure of these portions of the meetings is in
accordance with subsection 10(d) of Pub. L. 92-463, as amended by Pub.
L. 94-409, and as cited in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).
Additional information concerning these meetings may be obtained
from the Chairperson, Office of Environmental Medicine and Public
Health, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420.
Dated: September 16, 1994.
By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-24087 Filed 9-28-94; 8:45 am]
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