• Promotion Information

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  Policy Changes from Promotion Year (PY) 2024 to PY 2025

  Previous Policy	New Policy
  Restricts Nurse, Engineer, Scientist, Environmental Health, Veterinary, Pharmacy, Dietitian, Therapist, and Health Services categories for promotions to O-4 and O-5 (i.e., allows promotion only if vacancies exist).	Restricts the following Regular Corps promotion category groups for promotion to O-4 & O-5 (i.e., allows promotion only if vacancies exist): Applied Public Health, Allied Health, and Medical Services.   Medical and Dental categories remain not restricted.
  Applies only to Regular Corps officers serving on extended active duty and did not apply to the Ready Reserve Corps.	Applies to Regular and Ready Reserve Corps Selected Reserve (SELRES) officers.
  Defines promotion eligibility criteria based on seniority credit and/or promotion credit (for permanent promotions) and Training and Experience Date (for temporary promotions).	Changes the promotion eligibility criteria to be based on a Public Health Service officer’s seniority credit date (i.e., effective date of last promotion), which the USPHS Commissioned Corps will begin using on September 1, 2024, onwards (i.e., Promotion Year 2025).   For PY 2024, eligibility was based on training and experience (T&E) date, time in service, and time in grade.
  Does not have promotion zones.	Introduces Below the Zone (BTZ), In the Zone (ITZ), and Above the Zone (ATZ).
  	Specifies that the USPHS Commissioned Corps will begin implementing the zones (i.e., BTZ, ITZ, and ATZ) for Regular Corps officers effective immediately.
  Does not have Special Promotion Examination (SPE).	Adds Special Promotion Examination (SPE).
  Does not have any mechanism for deferral/opt-out.	Authorizes the option for eligible Public Health Service officers to request a deferral/opt-out of promotion examination.
  Includes four predetermined promotion precepts and benchmarks.	Establishes precepts that vary based on grade effective for PY 2026.
  Specifies the minimum success rates for promotion.	Specifies that prior to the Permanent Promotions Board (PPB) convening, the ASH will determine the promotion success rates, i.e., anticipated number of Public Health Service officers by promotion category group and grade that will receive a promotion.
  Has a Temporary Promotion Revocation Board.	Replaces the former Temporary Promotion Revocation Board with the Permanent Promotion Reduction Board (PPRB) which authorizes the reduction in a Public Health Service officer’s permanent grade through a specially convened PPRB.
  Does not discuss conversion from temporary to permanent grade.	Establishes changes to Public Health Service officers’ seniority credit dates when their temporary grades are converted to the permanent grades.
  Does not include a transition period.	Adds a new Section that outlines a transition period from the eligibility criteria outlined in CCI 332.01, “Temporary Promotions,” dated October 17, 2019, to the promotion eligibility criteria outlined in this Instruction.
  Temporary grade promotions are approved by the Assistant Secretary for Health (Grade that determines Public Health Service officers’ pay). Permanent grade promotions are approved by The President.	Permanent grade promotions are approved by The President (Grade that determines Public Health Service officers’ pay). Promotion effective dates are based on the date of The President’s signature.

  Last Updated: 7/24/2024
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