A patient who is admitted to a hospital or clinic for treatment that requires at least one overnight stay.

Feeding (including special diets), dressing and sheltering; personal hygiene; observation and general monitoring; bowel training or management (unless abnormalities in bowel function are of a severity to result in a need for medical or surgical intervention in the absence of skilled services); safety precautions; general preventive procedures (such as tur...

Lasting or remaining without essential change; not expected to change in status, condition, or place.

An individual authorized to certify a Service member’s Special Compensation for Assistance with Activities of Daily Living (SCAADL) eligibility on the DD Form 2948 on behalf of the respective Military Service.

An individual who helps an eligible Service member with ADL and/or specific services essential to the safe management of the Service member’s condition.

Non-doctoral level mental health professionals or other health care personnel who complete required BSS training and receive refresher training developed by the Secretary of the Army as described in Paragraph 2.8.

The system of health care developed by the ASD(HA) that includes procedures and standards for health care-related activities and that are consistent with policies related to the DOD Detainee Program as set forth in DODD 2310.01E.

Defined in Joint Publication 3-63. 

The continual re-establishment of new, often unstated, and unofficial standards of behavior in an unintended direction.  It often occurs as established, official standards of behavior are not enforced.  Ambiguous guidance, poor supervision, and lack of training and oversight contribute to this change in observed standards.  Certain psycholo...

An individual who is described by Article 28 of Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of August 12, 1949 and Article 33 of Reference Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of August 12, 1949 and who is in the custody or control of DOD.

DOD medical and dental programs, personnel, facilities, and other assets operating pursuant to chapter 55 of Title 10, by which the DOD provides health care services and support to the Military Services during the range of military operations. Health care services and support to members of the Military Services, their family members, and others entitled t...

A possible, suspected, or alleged violation of the law of war, for which there is credible information, or conduct during military operations other than war that would constitute a violation of the law of war if it occurred during an armed conflict.

Patients have the right to any and all necessary information in nonclinical terms to make knowledgeable decisions on consent or refusal for treatments, or participation in clinical trials or other research investigations as applicable.  Such information is to include any and all complications, risks, benefits, ethical issues, and alternative treatmen...

Doctoral-level clinical psychologists who are military members or civil servants in the DOD, complete required BSS training and necessary refresher training developed by the Secretary of the Army as described in Paragraph 2.8., and are assigned exclusively to provide consultative services to support authorized law enforcement, detention operations, or int...

Any individual captured by, or transferred to the custody or control of, DOD personnel pursuant to the law of war.  This does not include persons being held solely for law enforcement purposes, except where the United States is the occupying power.  Detainees who are U.S. citizens or U.S. resident aliens will continue to enjoy all applicable rig...