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- Travel, PCS and Transportation
- Important Regulation Changes
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- Permanent Change of Station (PCS)
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- Table of Frequently Used Acronyms
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- Promotion Ceremony Protocol (PDF, 126kb)
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- Uniform Specifications
- PHS Hard Shoulder Boards and Sleeve Insignia (Male and Female) (PDF, 828kb)
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- Medical Requirements for Promotion
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- Promotion Board Recommendations
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- FAQs
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- 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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Medical Affairs
Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service
Periodic Health Update (PHU)In order to better monitor the health status of officers and meet mission priorities, the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service is adopting new requirements for periodic health updates. The requirements better align with the annual requirement of the military services.
Officers will no longer have to submit a five-year physical examination. In addition, a self-reporting medical history for promotion purposes will no longer be a requirement.
Every year, all officers must complete and submit a PHU between the first day of the month prior to the officer’s birth month through the last day of the month after the officer’s birth month (3 month window). No officer may complete a PHU within one year of his/her last periodic physical examination and no officer may complete and submit a PHU more than five years from his/her last periodic physical examination.
The PHU will have five components:
- Medical History: Self-reported, and must be given to the officer’s primary care provider for review and verification (form DD-2807-1)
- Physical Examination: Based on the officer’s health risk factors, as determined by the officer’s provider. Minimal requirements are the officer’s vital signs and weight (form DD-2808) (Right Click and Save Link if you have issues viewing)
- Behavioral Health Survey: Self-reported and given to the officer’s provider for review. The behavioral health survey will facilitate a discussion with the provider about the mental well-being of the officer (form PHS-7083).
- Dental examination: (form DD-2813) (Right Click and Save Link if you have issues viewing)
- Additional tests: Screening tests as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) (e.g. cervical, breast and colorectal cancer screening) and any other testing recommended by the officer’s provider based on the officer’s age, medical, family, and deployment history, and the officer’s occupational and environmental exposures and risks
Officers should review the PHU FAQs to determine when their first PHU is due according to the last physical exam they submitted. Officers should take all necessary forms and a copy of the PHU Instructions for Providers to their medical providers at the time of their appointment. Officers should also take the following to their appointment - PHU Instructions for Completing DD-2807-1, 2808, 2813. They should also take a copy of the dental form, DD-2813, to their dentist at the time of their appointment.
All forms and provider instructions are included in a single PDF file, “PHU Appointment Documents,” which can be found on the CCMIS website under Forms/Medical.
HOW TO SUBMIT THE PHU
Officers should scan all documents and test results into a SINGLE PDF and submit them using the medical section of eDOC-U with the document name, “Periodic Health Update.”