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| Manual | 6055.05 | Occupational Medical Examinations: Medical Surveillance and Medical Qualification | This issuance implements policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides the procedures for developing and conducting occupational medical examinations for medical surveillance to determine the impact of health risks associated with specific jobs, processes, and exposures, and for medical qualification determination for employment. | 04/05/2024 | DoD |
| Memorandum | Clinical Practice Guidance for Deployment Limiting Mental Disorders and Psychotropic Medications | This memorandum provides clinical practice guidance on limitations of deployment for Service members and DOD civilian employees who have been diagnosed with mental disorders or who are prescribed psychotropic medication. | 10/07/2013 | Health Affairs | |
| Memorandum | Deployment Limiting Mental Disorders and Psychotrophic Medications | Policy memorandum about Deployment Limiting Mental Disorders and Psychotrophic Medications | 10/07/2013 | ||
| Instruction | DODI 1300.25 | Guidance for the Education and Employment Initiative and Operation WARFIGHTER | Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for development and implementation of the DOD E2I and OWF in accordance with the authority in DOD Directive 5124.02 (Reference (a)), section 1611 of Public Law 110-181 (Reference (b)), sections 1142-1144 of title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.) (Reference (c)) and section 8111 of title 38, U.S.C. (Reference (d)). | 03/25/2013 | DoD |
| Directive | DODD 6490.02E | Comprehensive Health Surveillance | Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for routine, comprehensive health surveillance of all DoD personnel throughout their military service or DoD civilian employment | 02/08/2012 | DoD |
| Memorandum | rabies | Post-Deployment Rabies Risk Evaluation Memo | This memorandum and attachment supersede the memorandum of the same title dated Sept. 23, 2011 about evaluating service members for rabies after deployment. | 11/14/2011 | Health Affairs |
| Memorandum | rabies | Human Rabies Prevention During and After Deployment Memo | This memorandum and attachment supersede the memorandum and attachment of the same title, referenced above, dated Sept. 23, 2011 which discusses rabies prevention measures. | 11/14/2011 | Health Affairs |
| Instruction | DODI 6490.03 | Deployment Health | This instruction implements policies and prescribes procedures for deployment health activities for Joint and Service-specific deployments to monitor, assess, and prevent Disease and Non-Battle Injury (DNBI)Disease and Injury (DI) to control or reduce Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH) risks; to document and link OEH exposures with deployed personnel, including exposures to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) warfare agents; and to record the daily locations of deployed personnel. | 09/30/2011 | DoD |
| Instruction | DODI 6490.07 | Deployment-Limiting Medical Conditions for Service Members and DOD Civilian Employees | This instruction establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for ensuring that Service members and DoD civilian employees, including Coast Guard Service members and civilian employees at all times, including when the Coast Guard is a Service in the Department of Homeland Security by agreement with that Department, deployed and deploying on contingency deployments are medically able to accomplish their duties in deployed environments. | 02/05/2010 | DoD |
| Memorandum | Baseline Pre-deployment Neurocognitive Functional Assessment - Interim Guidance | Baseline Pre-deployment Neurocognitive Functional Assessment - Interim Guidance | 05/28/2008 | Health Affairs | |
| Memorandum | Traumatic Brain Injury Questions for the Post Deployment Health Assessment | This memo mandates that effective June 1, 2007, the DD Form 2796 addendum or electronic equivalent will be used as a part of the PDHA and the PDHRA for all service members returning from deployments, and the PHA for all service members, and will be captured electronically. | 03/08/2007 | Health Affairs | |
| Memorandum | 06-008 | Policy for Pre- and Post-deployment Serum Collection | The reference, responding to the 2005 National Defense Authorization Act (Section 733), established interim standards for the collection of pre-and postdeployment blood specimens. It also authorized the Joint Medical Readiness Oversight Committee (JMROC) to recommend changes to the interim standards. | 03/14/2006 | Health Affairs |
| Memorandum | Policy Guidance for Medical Deferral Pending Deployment to Theaters of Operation | Policy Guidance for Medical Deferral Pending Deployment to Theaters of Operation | 02/09/2006 | DoD | |
| Guideline | Policy Guidance for Medical Deferral Pending Deployment to Theaters of Operation | Policy Guidance for Medical Deferral Pending Deployment to Theaters of Operation | 12/06/2005 | Health Affairs | |
| Memorandum | 05-011 | Post-Deployment Health Reassessment | Post-Deployment Health Reassessment | 03/10/2005 | Health Affairs |
| Memorandum | 04-022 | Policy Revision to Increase Pre-deployment Administration of Anthrax and Smallpox Vaccinations to 60 Days | Policy Revision to Increase Pre-deployment Administration of Anthrax and Smallpox Vaccinations to 60 Days | 08/20/2004 | Health Affairs |
| Memorandum | 04-004 | Department of Defense Deployment Biomonitoring Policy and Approved Bioassays for Depleted Uranium and Lead | The Department has developed criteria for the approval of bioassays to support deployment operations (Attachment 2). Bioassays for Depleted Uranium and lead (Attachments 3 and 4) are approved for use at this time to assess human exposures during or after deployment and combat operations. | 02/06/2004 | Health Affairs |
| Memorandum | 04-001 | Policy for Department of Defense Deployment Health Quality Assurance Program | This memorandum establishes policy and provides guidance for the DOD Deployment Health QA Program. | 01/09/2004 | Health Affairs |
| Memorandum | 02-007 | Policy for the Implementation of the Post-Deployment Health Clinical Practice Guideline | Policy for the Implementation of the Post-Deployment Health Clinical Practice Guideline | 04/29/2002 | Health Affairs |
| Memorandum | 01-017 | Updated Policy for Pre and Post-Deployment Health Assessments and Blood Samples | Updated Policy for Pre and Post-Deployment Health Assessments and Blood Samples - This supercedes policy 99-002 | 10/25/2001 | Health Affairs |
| Memorandum | 99-002 | Policy for Pre and Post-Deployment Health Assessments and Blood Samples | Policy for Pre and Post-Deployment Health Assessments and Blood Samples - This policy is superceded by policy 01-017 | 10/06/1999 | Health Affairs |
| Memorandum | 99-028 | Establishment of DOD Centers for Deployment Health | Establishment of DOD Centers for Deployment Health | 09/30/1999 | Health Affairs |
| Joint Publication | MCM-251-98 | Joint Staff Memorandum for Deployment Health Surveillance and Readiness | Effective Feb. 1, 1999, the uniform and stardardized health surveillance and readiness procedures described in this memorandum will be adhered to for all deployments. | 12/04/1998 | DoD |
| Memorandum | 98-021 | Policies on Uniformity of Dental Classification System, Frequency of Periodic Dental Examinations, Active Duty Overseas Screening, and Dental Deployment Standards | Policies on Uniformity of Dental Classification System, Frequency of Periodic Dental Examinations, Active Duty Overseas Screening, and Dental Deployment Standards | 02/19/1998 | Health Affairs |
| Memorandum | 97-019 | Off-Duty Employment by DOD Dental Care Providers | This is to clarify DOD policy that there is no conflict of interest with active duty military dentists "moonlighting" in the civilian sector as long as DOD requirements concerning off-duty employment by DOD health care practitioners (including Department of Defense Directive 6025.7) and applicable Service regulations are met. | 12/10/1996 | Health Affairs |
| Memorandum | 97-017 | Policy for Post-Deployment Mental Health Screening in the Bosnian Theater | This memo describes a change in procedure for medical surveillance of U.S. forces deploying to Bosnia. | 11/25/1996 | Health Affairs |
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