scope:

Scope and Applicability.

This instruction applies to budget submitting office (BSO) 18 healthcare providers (HCP) and is encouraged as a standard for all other BSO HCPs serving in a deployable or deployed unit. For the purposes of this instruction, HCPs include: independent duty corpsman and all privileged providers across all Corps', civilians, or contract employees providing care within their scope for active or Reserve Service members. BSO-18 HCPs must follow the simplified workflow map in enclosure (2), and references (a), (d), and (e), and the detailed processes outlined in enclosure (3) and references (a) through (l).

Purpose.

To ensure individual and unit readiness, deployability assessments are required at every healthcare encounter, per reference (a) and (b). This instruction establishes the requirement that all provider-based healthcare encounters must have an assessment of deployability. This instruction defines that deployability assessment by standardizing the terminology providers use to document the deployability categories (DCAT) highlighted in enclosure (1) and references (a), (b), and (c), and prescribes the required actions of the medical department with regards to DCATs to support unit and personnel operational medical readiness.