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PURPOSE

This Manual provides health professionals with information and references appropriate for developing, performing, interpreting, and conducting occupational medical examinations and surveillance for Service members as well as DoD civilians.

Developing and administering occupational medical examinations based on this Manual will satisfy the basic medical surveillance requirements prescribed in DoDI 6055.5 (Reference (a)).

Occupational medicine specialists are available for consultation at the following centers of occupational health:

U.S. Army. Commander, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM), 5158 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5403. Telephone: (800) 222-9698; (410) 436-4375; Defense Switched Network (DSN) 584-4375. Internet address: http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/

U.S. Navy. Commanding Officer, Naval Environmental Health Center (NEHC), 620 John Paul Jones Circle, Suite 1100, Portsmouth, VA 23708-2103. Telephone: (757) 953-0700, DSN 377-0700, after hours (757) 621-1967. Internet address: http://wwwnehc.med.navy.mil/

U.S. Air Force. Commander, Air Force Institute for Operational Health, Brooks City-Base, TX 78235. Telephone: (888) 232-3764; (210) 536-5454; DSN 240-5454. Internet address: https://kx.afms.mil/esoh/

Health professionals who identify potentially hazardous agents not covered in this Manual shall provide prompt notification to the respective occupational health center.

Service-specific requirements for military deployment-related medical screening and surveillance may include elements not in this Manual. Additional information on joint medical surveillance for deployment may be found in DoD Directive 6490.2, DoDI 6490.03, and Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Policy 04-004 (References (c), (d), and (e)).