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- List of OPDIV Awards Coordinators (PDF, 67kb)
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- Capstone Leadership, Education, Analysis, Development, Sustainment (LEADS)/Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute (JMESI) Course
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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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Frequently Asked Questions
- Adverse Actions
- Affordable Care Act Tax Form FAQ (PDF, 350kb)
- Annual Physical Fitness Test (APFT) FAQ
- Assignment Pay FAQs
- Blended Retirement System (BRS) FAQ
- Board Composition and Scoresheet FAQ - NEW
- Board for Corrections
- Category Specific Appointment Standards (Based on CCI 231.03)
- Commissioned Officer Awards Program (COAP) FAQ
- Commissioned Officer's Effectiveness Report (COER) Policy FAQs
- Commissioned Service Obligations - NEW
- Computation of Retired Pay
- COSTEP - Junior (CCI 371.02) - NEW
- COSTEP - Procedures (POM 821.84) - NEW
- COSTEP - Senior (CCI 371.03) - NEW
- Creditable Service for Retirement
- COVID-19 Hazardous Duty Pay
- Death of Active Duty Officer (CCI 383.01) - NEW
- DD Form 214 FAQs
- Deployment of PHS Officers (CCI 241.02) - NEW
- eCORPS FAQ
- Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF)
- Extramural and Intramural Training FAQs
- Family Separation Allowance (CCI 612.04) - NEW
- Flag Grade FAQs - NEW
- Force Distribution and Management (CCD 122.02) - NEW
- Fellowships, Scholarships, and Grants (CCD 125.04) - NEW
- Hazardous Duty Pay (HDP) and Special Duty Pay (SDP) - NEW
- Health Professions Special Pays
- HPSP Updated Policies FAQs
- HHS 520 Form FAQs
- Involuntary Separation (CCD 123.01)
- Line of Duty Determination FAQ - NEW
- Mandatory, Voluntary, and Involuntary Retirement (CCI 384.03) - NEW
- Medical Affairs Branch FAQ
- National Security and Suitability Background Investigations
- Officer Leave and Absence Request FAQ
- Officer Promotion Package Verification System (OPPVS) Timeline & FAQs
- PHS Flags and Official Corps Seal
- Practice Hours and Special Pays
- Practice Hours Steering Committee - NEW
- Promotions (CCD 122.01) - NEW
- Promotion Process
- Protected Communications (CCD 121.06) - NEW
- Psychologist Transition to Scientist Category
- Readiness and Duty Requirements (CCI 241.01) - NEW
- Readiness and Practice Hours Reporting FAQs
- Readiness and Response
- Retirements (CCD 124.01) - NEW
- Return to Service
- Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) Online Enrollment System (SOES)
- Special Uniform Situations
- Tattoo Policy Changes - NEW
- Telework and Remote Work FAQs - NEW
- Transcript FAQs - NEW
- Transgender PHS Officers - NEW
- Travel and Transportation Allowances
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
- Weight Standards
Last Updated: 7/28/23
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FAQs Practice Hours and Special Pay Changes
This is first in a series of FAQs, more FAQs will be forthcoming on Practice Hours and Special Pays.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Mission - Deployments Readiness Updates
As we position ourselves to assist with controlling the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), please note that we’re in an “all-hands on deck” status. Messaging has gone out from the Assistant Secretary for Health reminding Commissioned Corps officers of their deployment responsibilities...
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