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PURPOSE AND POLICY

This directive establishes the relevant policies, procedures, and responsibilities for the implementation and management of the Occupational Medicine Program at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). It is GSFC policy to provide occupational medicine services consistent with NASA directives and guidelines. Visitors and contractors are afforded only emergency medical services and first-aid care.

The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is implemented in accordance with NASA policy and as outlined in NPD 1830.1. All employee records generated under this program will be safeguarded according to the Privacy Act of 1974. In addition, those records pertaining to alcohol and drug abuse diagnosis, treatment, etc., shall be safeguarded according to 42 CFR Part 2 (Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records).

APPLICABILITY

This directive is applicable to all GSFC personnel, facilities, and activities including all permanent and temporary sites. This directive shall also apply to all GSFC tenant organizations, contractors, grantees, clubs, and other persons operating under the auspices of GSFC or on GSFC property as required by law and as directed by contractual, grant, and agreement documents. The GSFC Health Unit is available to non-NASA employees in instances of emergency only. Non-NASA employees may use the showers and locker rooms in the Greenbelt Fitness Center. For this document, the term GSFC shall encompass GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), Wallops Island, VA; Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY; and Independent Verification and Validation, Fairmont, WV.