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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
Promotion Information Report (PIR)
Overview
The PIR is a succinct, real-time summary of verified data about an officer, as documented in Commissioned Corps Headquarters’ (CCHQ) information technology systems. The PIR is in the Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF) and is used by promotion boards to obtain an overview of an officer’s career within the Corps. Because the PIR contains information relevant to all promotion precepts, officers are strongly encouraged to review their PIR to ensure that all information is accurate.
Promotion Category Group Matrix (New Change for Promotion Year 2024)
Please ensure you are placed into the correct promotion category group based on the below table. If you believe that your promotion category group is incorrect, email PHSPromotions@hhs.gov and cc your liaison.
Promotion Category Group
Category
Training Specialty Name
MEDICAL
MEDICAL
ALL
DENTAL
DENTAL
ALL
APPLIED PUBLIC HEALTH
ENGINEER
ALL
SCIENTIST
ALL* BUT SCIENTIST-PSYCHOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
ALL
VETERINARIAN
ALL
HEALTH SERVICES OFFICER
COMPUTER
PUBLIC ADMIN
PUBLIC HLTH
MED TECHNOLOGY
MED REC ADM
BUSINESS ADM
BIOLOGY
MICROBIOLOGY
ECOLOGY
BIOCHEMISTRY
BIOMEDIC SCI
HOSPITAL ADM
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ENVIR HEALTH
PUBLHLTH ADM
PHY SCIENCE
PHYSICS
CHEMISTRY
INTRNTL HLTH
GENETICS
MED CARE ADM
SOC SCIENCE
ENTOMOLOGY
BIOSTATISTIC
ALLIED HEALTH
SCIENTIST
SCIENTIST-PSYCHOLOGY
PHARMACIST
ALL
DIETITIAN
ALL
HEALTH SERVICES OFFICER
PSYCH-CLIN
SOCIAL WORK
MEDICAL SERVICES
NURSE
ALL
THERAPIST
ALL
HEALTH SERVICES OFFICER
OPTOMETRY
PHYSICN-ASST
PODIATRIC ORTHOPEDICS
PODIATRIC SURGERY
PODIATRY
DENT HYG
*Scientist psychologist officers who do not have a degree in clinical or counseling psychology, and scientist psychologist officers who are licensable but have never held a license to practice psychology are included in the Applied Public Health promotion category group
Understanding Your PIR
Information on the PIR includes:
- Promotion category group
- General dates
- Licensure
- Current billet title and position grade (position grade is an officer’s current billet grade)
- Creditable service toward retirement (including military)
- COER ratings for the last 5 years
- Awards authorized for wear on the uniform (Corps and military)
- Corps assignment history
If an officer finds an error on the PIR, he/she must submit a copy of the current PIR to CCHQ, no later than the deadline on the Promotion Checklist, with the requested changes and the appropriate substantiating documentation.
Corrections
Review and submit corrections to the appropriate resource email for PIR. Changes cannot be made without official documentation.
- Awards: phscorrections@hhs.gov
- COERs: phscoers@hhs.gov
- Licensure: phslicensure@hhs.gov
- PIR: phspir@hhs.gov
- Officer information and Assignments: PHSCCAssignments@hhs.gov
Last Updated: 10/10/23
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Surgeon General Priorities
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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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