At a minimum, a USPHS Commissioned Corps Officer will be assigned to a duty station for no less than a 2-year period, unless a shorter timeframe has been negotiated and approved in writing, prior to posting.
The IHS Two-Year Rule applies to the time spent in calendar years at the duty station, not the time the employee is assigned to the duty station. United States PHS Commissioned Corps Officers serving within the IHS are expected to serve at least 2 years at each duty station for the following reasons See Manual Exhibit A : orientation time involved with each transfer is reduced; sufficient time is provided to conduct officer performance reviews allowing for meaningful evaluations for the Commissioned Officers Effectiveness Report or other awards; permanent change of station costs are reduced; and continuity of care for patients is enhanced.
Indian Health Service managers who directly supervise USPHS Commissioned Corps Officers have the discretion to reassign an officer they supervise within the first 2 years of assignment for the good of the service as allowed by IHS personnel guidelines. Appeal Process. The request for appeal should clearly state the urgent situation and need for releasing the USPHS Commissioned Corps Officer before the 2-year commitment has been fulfilled.
Revision: C, May 30, The SF is specific to paper records; however, with specific electronic record details in the same form reference Figure 9. B-1 for more details it may be used to initiate a request to transfer electronic records. It is a free tool provided to contractors by DHA. The Validator will produce an audit log to document the success of the transfer package validation and this log is required as part of the final transfer package.
The contractor shall run the validator tool prior to shipping the transfer package to DHA. The DHA will run the Validator upon receiving the transfer package to perform the quality assurance process. Errors will be communicated back to the contractor for resolution. Updates to the Validator tool will be provided to contractors as necessary. An important aspect of preparing electronic records for transfer is proper preparation.
The transfer package consists of the following files: 3. The metadata fields are identified in the XML transfer specification metadata file. In addition to the identified metadata elements by the contractor, the Validator also requires the following metadata fields:. Indian Health Service managers who directly supervise USPHS Commissioned Corps Officers have the discretion to reassign an officer they supervise within the first 2 years of assignment for the good of the service as allowed by IHS personnel guidelines.
Appeal Process. The request for appeal should clearly state the urgent situation and need for releasing the USPHS Commissioned Corps Officer before the 2-year commitment has been fulfilled. The Director, IHS, will make the final decision. The Two-Year Rule does not apply to involuntary redeployments, when an exception is specified in advance, or when a duration is implied or prescribed by the assignment, such as certain types of training, temporary duty assignment TDY in excess of days, special projects with authorization, etc.
Indian Preference.
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