PUBLIC LAW 101-613—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3229 "(e)(1) The Director of NIH shall establish a committee to be Establishment. known as the Medical Rehabilitation Coordinating Committee (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Coordinating Committee'). "(2) The Coordinating Committee shall make recommendations to the Director of the Institute and the Director of the Center with respect to the content of the Research Plan and with respect to the activities of the Center that are carried out in conjunction with other agencies of the National Institutes of Health and with other Eigencies of the Federal Government. "(3) The Coordinating Committee shall be composed of the Director of the Center, the Director of the Institute, euid the Directors of the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and such other national research institutes and such representatives of other agencies of the Federal Government as the Director of NIH determines to be appropriate. "(4) The Coordinating Committee shall be chaired by the Director of the Center. "(fKl) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of Establishment. the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Amendments of 1990, the Director of NIH shall establish a National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Advisory Board'). "(2) The Advisory Board shall review and assess Federal research priorities, activities, and findings regarding medical rehabilitation research, and shall advise the Director of the Center and the Director of the Institute on the provisions of the Research Plan. "(3)(A) The Director of NIH shall appoint to the Advisory Board 18 qualified representatives of the public who are not officers or employees of the Federal Government. Of such members, 12 shall be representatives of health and scientific disciplines with respect to medical rehabilitation and 6 shall be individuals representing the interests of individuals undergoing, or in need of, medical rehabilitation. "(B) The following officials shall serve as ex officio members of the Advisory Board: "(i) The Director of the Center, "(ii) The Director of the Institute, "(iii) The Director of the National Institute on Aging, "(iv) The Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. "(v) The Director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. "(vi) The Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. "(vii) The Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. "(viii) The Director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. "(ix) The Commissioner for Rehabilitation Services Administration. "(x) The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), "(xi) The Chief Medical Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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