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Policy
Nov 25, 2019
This issuance establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides direction to ensure mission assurance and readiness for public health emergencies caused by all-hazards incidents.
- Identification #: DODI 6200.03
- Type: Instruction
Policy
Sep 11, 2015
This instruction establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes standard elements, pursuant to section 722 of Public Law 111-383, requiring the implementation of a comprehensive neurocognitive assessment policy in the military services.
- Identification #: DODI 6490.13
- Type: Instruction
Policy
Jan 13, 2015
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Clarification of the Requirement for Continuation of Semi-Annual Reporting of Results of Embedded Fragment Analyses
- Identification #: N/A
- Type: Memorandum
Policy
Nov 10, 2014
This instruction provides policy and guidance for the Services in the conduct of 21-day controlled monitoring of Service members and volunteering DOD civilian employees returning from the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak area in West Africa.
- Identification #: CJCSI 4220.01
- Type: Instruction
Policy
Oct 31, 2014
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Department of Defense personnel (Service members and civilian employees)deployed to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defined Ebola outbreak areas will complete pre and post-deployment screening and training requirements outlined in this memorandum and supplemented by United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM) guidance.
- Identification #: N/A
- Type: Memorandum
Policy
Oct 20, 2014
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This memorandum clarifies procedures relating to Health Affairs' "Guidance on the Establishment of Department of Defense Standardization for Ordering and Procurement of Hearing Devices/Prosthesis," dated August 15, 2013, which remains in effect.
- Identification #: 13-006
- Type: Memorandum
Policy
Jul 24, 2014
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1.17 MB
Sentinel Sites for the 2014-2015 Influenza Surveillance Program
- Identification #: N/A
- Type: Memorandum
Policy
Apr 28, 2014
This instruction reissues DOD Directive 1010.10 (Reference (a)) as a DOD instruction (DoDI) in accordance with the authority in DODD 5124.02 (Reference (b)) to establish policy and assign responsibilities for health promotion and disease prevention in accordance with References (c) through (f).
- Identification #: DODI 1010.10
- Type: Instruction
Policy
Oct 7, 2013
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1.99 MB
Policy memorandum about Deployment Limiting Mental Disorders and Psychotrophic Medications
- Identification #: N/A
- Type: Memorandum
Policy
Apr 15, 2013
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2.75 MB
This document provides guidance and best practices for the chemoprophylaxis (use of medication to prevent malaria) of Service members serving in malaria endemic regions.
- Identification #: 13-002
- Type: Memorandum
Policy
Sep 18, 2012
This instruction establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures on the management of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), also known as concussion, in the deployed setting.
- Identification #: DODI 6490.11
- Type: Instruction
Policy
Apr 20, 2012
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Because accessions come from widely diverse geographic backgrounds, the Services should determine the need for tuberculin skin tests for accessions while Service members are at the training base, based on the needs of the specific accessions environment and operational mission requirements. DOD will implement targeted testing rather than universal ...
- Identification #: N/A
- Type: Memorandum
Policy
Nov 18, 2011
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1.61 MB
Access to Medical Services Who were Exposed to Rabies in Combat Theater
- Identification #: N/A
- Type: Memorandum
Policy
May 11, 2011
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252.30 KB
In accordance with Section 1673 of the NDAA HR 4986, signed into law in January of 2008, the Secretary of Defense was instructed to establish a protocol for the pre-deployment assessment and documentation of the cognitive functioning of Service Members deployed outside the United States. In advance of definitive evidence of superiority for any single ...
- Identification #: N/A
- Type: Instruction
Policy
Dec 1, 2010
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U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps COSC Policy Update
- Identification #: NTTP 1-15 M
- Type: Guideline
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