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The USPHS Commissioned Corps is committed to our mission to protect, promote, and advance the health and safety of the nation. Public Health Service officers are trained and equipped to provide crucial public health leadership, assist with policy development, advance innovation and science, provide essential care services and respond to national and global public health emergencies. Through our Active Duty Regular Corps, our Public Health Response Strike Team (PHERST) and our Ready Reserve Corps, we remain responsive and available to rapidly deploy in the service of health.
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Promotion Information
Competitive Promotion Eligibility Criteria (Temporary and Permanent)
Competitive temporary and permanent promotion eligibility for officers are posted each year. The Commissioned Corps Headquarters promotion eligibility in is located on the Officer Secure Area (OSA) of the CCMIS website. Eligibility is typically posted on the OSA Dashboard annually. Promotion Boards meet the following spring.
Log into the OSA and review your status at the bottom of your Dashboard. If you are eligible for competitive promotion, review all of the promotion information available on the Promotion Information website. This site explains the promotion process and requirements to fully prepare for an upcoming promotion review.
Please review the CCMIS Officer Secure Area log-in page carefully. If you are eligible for competitive promotion carefully review the promotion information available on the Promotion Information website. This site explains the promotion process and requirements to fully prepare for an upcoming promotion review.
In order to be considered for promotion by an Annual Temporary Promotion Board (ATPB) an officer must:
- Meet the Corps� licensure and the Commissioned Officers� Effectiveness Report (COER) requirements;
- Meet the readiness standards pursuant to CCI 241.01, �Readiness and Duty Requirements�; and
- Meet any other requirements established by the Surgeon General (SG).
- In addition, the officer must not have any active Administrative Action (e.g., Letter of Reprimand, or a pending non-medical board to determine the officer�s continuation on active duty) (see CCD 111.02, �Disciplinary Action,� CCD 123.01, �Involuntary Separation,� CCD 124.01, �Retirement,� and CCI 385.01, �Involuntary Retirement (20 Years)�).
Please note: You may be eligible for temporary and permanent promotions at the same time. Also, if eligible for temporary O2, O3 (and for Medical and Dental officers only, temporary O4), you will be reviewed for promotion through an administrative, or non-competitive, process and will not be reviewed by a Promotion Board. Therefore, eligibility for a Non-Competitive Promotion [T-O2, T-O3 (and for Medical and Dental officers only, T-O4)] will not be reflected in the Officer Secure Area. See Non-Competitive Promotion in the Table of Contents if eligible for the grades listed above.
Promotion consideration is not �applied� for or voluntary. If you meet eligibility requirements you WILL be reviewed for promotion, whether your file is prepared or not. It is important that you submit all promotion documentation, if eligible, regardless of your self-assessed outcome in the promotion process. Failure to submit documentation in preparation for promotion could make you appear uncaring about your career and may lead to a �not recommend� from the Promotion Board. There are severe consequences to a �not recommend� from the Promotion Board. Visit Promotion Recommendation in the Table of Contents for more information.
To calculate future competitive temporary or permanent promotion eligibility, the .pdf link below titled �Calculate Eligibility� displays requirements to determine promotion cycle dates. All dates that are needed to calculate eligibility (i.e., Training and Experience (T&E), Promotion Credit, Seniority Credit, etc.) are located on your Promotion Information Report (PIR), which can be found in your Official Personnel Folder in the Officer Secure Area. For temporary promotion eligibility, an officer must meet all three requirements (T&E, Time-in-Service, and Time-in-Grade) within the upcoming promotion cycle. The eligibility date is the first day of the month on or following the date the officer meets the last of all three requirements.
Calculate eligibility (PDF, 157kb)
- Page 1 � Temporary Grade Eligibility Requirements
- Page 2 � Permanent Grade Eligibility Requirements
- Page 3 � Non-Competitive Promotion Information
Promotion Instructions are available on the Commissioned Corps Issuance System (CCIS).
- Select "Commissioned Corps Issuance System" from the link bar at the top of this page.
- Click on "Table of Contents."
- Click on the "+" next to "Book 3: Personnel Management."
- Click on Chapter 3: Promotions and Reductions.
- Click the "+" next to the topic of interest related to promotions. The section title will turn blue.
- Double click the blue section title and refer to the policy governing this process.
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The link above will take you to the Noncompetitive Promotion Roster for Promotion Year 2020.
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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