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- Travel, PCS and Transportation
- Important Regulation Changes
- Travel & Transportation Entitlements Summary
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS)
- Temporary Duty (TDY)
- Junior COSTEP Travel Information
- Official Travel Forms
- Household Goods Officers
- Transportation
- Government Travel Charge Card
- Table of Frequently Used Acronyms
- Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
- Links
- Travel and Transportation Allowances FAQ
- About Medical Affairs
- Dental
- Active Duty Dental Program
- Previous Active Duty Dental Plan Member Portal
- Family Coverage: TRICARE Dental Program
- Retiree Dental Program
- Immunizations
- Periodic Health Update
- PHU FAQs
- Deployment Health Assessments
- Medical Waiver Program
- Smoking Cessation
- Medical Affairs FAQs
- About Personnel & Career Management
- Awards-Officer Awards Program
- Nominations Procedures and Forms
- Eligibility to Receive Awards
- Approval Levels
- Types of Recognition & Awards Criteria
- Non-PHS Awards
- Write-Up (Narrative) Guidance & Tips
- List of OPDIV Awards Coordinators (PDF, 67kb)
- List of Liaisons (PDF, 266kb)
- 2021 USPHS Awards Process Flowchart (PDF, 702kb)
- FAQs
- May 2022 Officer Awards
- DEERS Information (PDF, 139kb)
- Important Information Regarding DEERS and ID Cards During COVID-19 (PDF, 57kb)
- eCORPS Information
- Education Benefits Overview
- FAQs
- Forms
- Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF)
- eOPF FAQs
- eOPF Status
- FAQs Practice Hours and Special Pay Changes
- Licensure
- Transcripts FAQs
- Extramural and Intramural Training FAQs
- Officer Leave and Absence Request FAQ
- Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
- Veteran Health Administration (VHA) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Practice Hours
- Link to list of Professional Advisory Committee (PAC) Chairs (PDF, 19kb)
- About Policy
- Commissioned Corps Issuance System
- Equal Opportunity
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Political Restrictions
- Promotion Ceremony Protocol (PDF, 126kb)
- SGHG Drill and Ceremonies Manual (PDF, 3.39mb)
- Uniform Specifications
- PHS Hard Shoulder Boards and Sleeve Insignia (Male and Female) (PDF, 828kb)
- PHS Soft Shoulder Marks (Unisex) (PDF, 324kb)
- Medical Requirements for Promotion
- Force Readiness Information
- Link to list of Chief Professional Officers (CPO) (PDF, 348kb)
- Link to list of Liaisons (PDF, 266kb)
- Promotion Board Recommendations
- Not promoted? Now What?
- FAQs
- Board Composition and Scoresheet FAQs
- Officer Promotion Packet Verification System (OPPVS) Timeline & FAQs
- Promotion, Readiness and Compliance FAQs
- Permanent Promotion Eligibility Chart
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- Visit CDC.gov for Coronavirus (COVID-19) Public Health Updates
As Public Health Service Officers and America’s Health Responders, we stand ready to preserve public health and national security during national or global health emergencies. Our mission is to be out the door as soon as requested, as this is an “all hands on deck” situation. All Corps officers were placed on involuntary deploy or "alert" status effective Wednesday, March 25, 2020, irrespective of the 'on-call month' status. Under Commissioned Corps Directive 121.02, "Deployment and Readiness," as directed by Assistant Secretary for Health, Commissioned Corps Headquarters will deploy Commissioned Corps officers assigned to HHS OpDivs/StaffDivs, either voluntarily or involuntarily and without supervisory approval, who are not considered mission critical, for deployments, under the current National Emergency. Mission critical requests sent to CCHQ are not final until the request is approved by the CCHQ Director as per the POM 821.76 ”Deployment Procedures”. An officer with a non-HHS organization may be deployed in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement/Understanding between the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the non-HHS organization.
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Officer Support
Licensure (Professional License Only)
As a Commissioned Corps officer of the U.S. Public Health Service, keeping professional licensure and certifications up-to-date is mandatory. Maintaining active and unrestricted licenses and certifications are essential to adhere to Commissioned Corps Appointment Standards, meet the conditions of service, maintain Basic Readiness, receive Special Pay, and be eligible for promotion. Professional licenses are defined as licenses that are required as a condition of your commission for your qualifying degree.
To ensure that category professional licensure and certification requirements are met, it is important that a copy of your current, unrestricted professional licenses or certifications are available in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF).
Professional Licenses should be uploaded through Electronic Document Upload (eDOC-U). Please follow the eDOC-U Licensure Quick Reference Instructions or the guide provided on the “Help” link when in eDOC-U.
Licensure tips:
- Upload only CLEAR and LEGIBLE documents.
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Upload each license or certification as a separate document!
- Each license number must be entered into the “license number” field in eDOC-U or it does not exist.
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Upload new licenses as soon as they are available.
- Licenses must be verified by a licensure specialist. Processing time varies according to the amount of submissions by all Corps officers.
- You are responsible for ensuring a current, active copy of your license is in your eOPF.
All professional licenses will be verified by the Licensure Specialist. Any documents that are illegible (cannot be read clearly), or contain incorrect information (such as incorrect expiration dates) will be rejected by the licensure specialist. If this happens, you will receive an email stating the reason for the document rejection. If a document is rejected, please re-upload again with the necessary corrections.
Licenses and certification renewal documents should be uploaded well before the expiration date. It is your responsibility to ensure that a current active license or certification is in your eOPF at all times. An expired license is grounds for separation from the Corps. Processing time after eDOC-U submission varies according to the amount of documents submitted by the Corps for processing.
For any questions regarding licensure and certification renewals, please email PHSLicensure@hhs.gov.
For additional information related to professional license, you may refer to Commissioned Corps Licensure and Certification Policy: Inst 251.01: -- Professional Licensure/Certification (Old CCPM: CC26.1.4).
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. Why doesn’t my primary license information auto-generate into eDOC-U when I try to upload my license?
If you have a secondary license, the initial primary license default is the license with the latest expiration date. After you select the primary license in eDOC-U the first time, it should maintain the hierarchy.
2. Where should I look to make sure my current primary license is correct?
You should check your Promotion Information Report (PIR) under “General Information.” Compliance is also posted on your Officer Secure Area (OSA) dashboard, but the PIR is the actual primary record.
3. My licensure credentials are not in the eDOC-U licensure drop-down menu. What should I do?
Licensure upload is only for licenses that are required as a condition of your commission for your qualifying degree. If your license is not in the drop-down menu, it is probably not a required professional license. Check under the “Board Certification” eDOC-U document option instead of the “Licensure” option. If you still cannot find your licensure or certification in formation in eDOC-U, please email the Licensure Specialist at PHSLicensure@hhs.gov.