A specific biomonitoring method to assess biological specimens for changes resulting from exposure to materials foreign to the body or detect parent compounds or the metabolites of exposure agents.

A program conducted under specific circumstances by veterinary or public health personnel to assess food operations to identify and mitigate risk from intentional and unintentional contamination.  Circumstances under which an assessment is conducted include short term deployments, for deployed forces during initial entry deployment, and exercises and...

The transfer or rotation of forces and materiel to support another commander’s operational requirements, or to return personnel, equipment, and materiel to the home and/or demobilization stations for reintegration and/or out-processing.

Specially trained health care provider who has completed specialized education and clinical preparation in the medical forensic care of the sexual assault patient. SAMFEs are trained to provide sexual assault patient care in accordance with Department of Justice training standards and have completed training through the DOD inter-Service SAMFE training pr...

A process that an individual covered by this policy uses to disclose, without requesting confidentiality or Restricted Reporting, that he or she is the victim of a sexual assault.  Under these circumstances, the victim’s report provided to healthcare personnel, the SARC, a SAPR VA, command authorities, or other persons is reported to law enforc...

Hospitals and clinics that are operated by military medical personnel.

A medical-forensic examination of a sexual assault patient (victim or suspect) by a specially trained healthcare provider known as a SAMFE. The SAFE includes a medical-forensic history; physical examination; collection of evidence, documentation of biological and physical findings; and evaluation and treatment of sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy...

The single point of contact at an installation or within a geographic area who oversees sexual assault awareness, prevention, and response training; coordinates medical treatment, including emergency care, for victims of sexual assault; and tracks the services provided to a victim of sexual assault from the initial report through final disposition and res...

An approach to engage people with histories of trauma that recognizes the presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledges the role that trauma has played in their lives. Trauma-informed services are based on an understanding of the vulnerabilities or triggers of trauma survivors that traditional service delivery approaches may exacerbate, so that these servi...

A person who, as a victim advocate, shall provide non-clinical crisis intervention, referral, and ongoing non-clinical support to adult sexual assault victims.  Support will include providing information on available options and resources to victims.  The SAPR VA, on behalf of the sexual assault victim, provides liaison assistance with other org...

Reporting option that allows sexual assault victims to confidentially disclose the assault to specified individuals (i.e., SARC, SAPR VA, or healthcare personnel), in accordance with DOD Instruction 6310.09, and receive medical treatment, including emergency care, counseling, and assignment of a SARC and SAPR VA, without triggering an official investigati...

The collection tools, usually packaged in the form of a boxed kit that includes collection containers, bags, measuring devices and other equipment along with the instructions used to gather medical forensic evidence during the sexual assault medical forensic examination. It also refers to the evidence, usually returned to the box and sealed, once collecte...

Intentional sexual contact characterized by the use of force, threats, intimidation, or abuse of authority or when the victim does not or cannot consent. The term includes a broad category of sexual offenses consisting of the following specific Uniform Code of Military Justice offenses: rape, sexual assault, aggravated sexual contact, abusive sexual conta...

Individuals who are employed or assigned as health care professionals, or are credentialed to provide health care services at a military hospital or clinic, or who provide such care at a deployed location or otherwise in an official capacity. This also includes military personnel and DOD civilian employees, who provide healt...

Defined by the Joint Commission (https://www.ama.assn.org/delivering-care/ethics/informed-consent).