scope:

Purpose

a. To provide policy, procedures, and responsibilities for:

(1) Medical, dental, and educational suitability screening.

(2) Medical assignment screening.

(3) References (h) and (i) require BUMED to develop policy for health care providers and patient administrators to identify and enroll eligible service and family members in the EFMP and to maintain central screening committees. Reference (j) contains EFMP policy specific to the Marine Corps.

(3) EFMP identification and enrollment.

b. This instruction addresses the following requirements:

(1) Reference (a) requires the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) to: provide procedures for medical, dental, and educational suitability screening; monitor execution of screening procedures; determine the cause and institute corrective action for screening deficiencies; and make recommendations for additions or deletions of locations considered as remote duty stations to the Navy Personnel Command (NAVPERSCOM). References (b) through (e) contain screening policy specific to the Navy and reference (f) to the Marine Corps.

(2) Reference (g) requires BUMED to prescribe procedures for and to conduct medical assignment screening for Navy service members.

c. Suitability screening procedures are used to:

(1) Determine suitability of Navy and Marine Corps service members, and their family members, in receipt of orders to overseas or remote duty assignments by identifying medical, dental, and educational requirements, henceforth referred to as special needs.

(2) Determine suitability of Navy and Marine Corps service members in receipt of orders to worldwide operational assignments.

(3) Identify family members who are eligible for EFMP enrollment.

d. Medical assignment screening procedures are used to identify ongoing medical conditions of Navy and Marine Corps service members that may limit the service member's ability to be worldwide assignable, subsequent to periods of limited duty (LIMDU) or a finding of "fit for continued Naval service" by the Department of the Navy Physical Evaluation Board (PEB).

e. Enclosure (1) contains a list of definitions used in this instruction.

f. This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.