Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com and the USMA. (See AR 40–29/AFR 160–13/NAVMEDCOMINST 6120.2/CG COMDTINST M6120.8.) The waiver authority for ROTC is the Commanding General, ROTC Command. The waiver authority for USMA is the Superin- tendent, USMA. d. Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS), under the purview of MEPCOM, are the review authorities for enlistment and nonscholarship ROTC program examinations accomplished in their facilities. The Commanding Gener- al, USAREC, is the waiver authority for original enlistment. The Director, Army National Guard is the waiver authority for the Army National Guard (ARNG) and the Army National Guard of the United States (ARNGUS). e. U.S.
Army Medical Center (MEDCEN) or medical department activity (MEDDAC) Commanders are the review authorities for entry into nonscholarship ROTC programs (unless accomplished at the MEPS), retention in all ROTC programs, and appointment as commissioned officers from the ROTC program. In ROTC programs when personnel are examined by other Government medical facilities or by civilian facilities, reviews will be made by the MEDDAC or MEDCEN commander in the area where the examined person’s college or university is located. f. Waiver authority for applicants for U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) personnel procurement programs (except USUHS) is USAREC.
This waiver authority may be changed by TSG after appropriate coordination with the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1 (ODCS, G-1). The waiver authority for students already enrolled in AMEDD procurement programs is TSG (ATTN: DASG–HS–AS). The waiver authority for applicants for USUHS is the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) (ASD(HA)). g. Review and waiver authority for other direct appointment programs (for example, Chaplain Corps) is USAREC. The waiver authority for initial selection for the Judge Advocate General Corps is AHRC. h.
Waiver authority for Special Forces training, Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS), survival, evasion, resistance, escape (SERE) training, Military Freefall (MFF), and Special Forces Combat Diving Qualification Course (CDQC) is the Commandant, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (USAJFKSWCS). Waiver authority for the Airborne School is the Commandant, U.S. Army Infantry School in coordination with U.S. Army Human Resources Command (AHRC). i. Waivers for initial enlistment or appointment, including entrance and retention in officer procurement programs, will not be granted if the applicant does not meet the retention standards of chapter 3.
Requests from waiver authorities for exception to this policy will only be made under extraordinary circumstances and only with the approval of TSG (Headquarters, Department of the Army, (HQDA) (DASG–HS–AS)). j. Waivers of medical fitness standards that have been previously granted apply automatically to subsequent medical actions pertinent to the program or purpose for which granted without the necessity of confirmation or termination when— (1) The duration of the waiver was not limited at the time it was granted and the medical condition or physical defect has not interfered with the individual’s successful performance of military duty.
(2) The medical condition or physical defect waived was below retention medical fitness standards applicable to the particular program involved and the medical condition or physical defect has remained essentially unchanged. (3) The medical condition or physical defect waived was below procurement medical fitness standards applicable to the particular program involved and the medical condition or physical defect, although worse, is within the retention medical fitness standards prescribed for the program or purpose involved. k. Exception to accession waiver for hearing:
For waivers of hearing standards that are determined upon further testing to be worse than initially evaluated and will interfere with the individual’s successful performance of military duty, the Soldier may be separated from military service within the first 180 days for an existing prior to service (EPTS) medical condition, provided an audiologist, entrance physical standards board (EPSBD), or medical board determines that no service related cause or aggravation made the hearing worse than when initially evaluated. Chapter 2 Physical Standards for Enlistment, Appointment, and Induction 2–1.
General This chapter implements DOD Directive 6130.3, Physical Standards for Appointment, Enlistment, and Induction, December 15, 2000, and DOD Instruction 6130.4, Medical Standards for Appointment, Enlistment, or Induction in the Armed Forces, January 18, 2005. 2–2. Application and responsibilities a. Purpose. The purpose of the standards contained in this chapter is to ensure that individuals medically qualified are— (1) Free of contagious diseases that would likely endanger the health of other personnel.
(2) Free of medical conditions or physical defects that would require excessive time lost from duty for necessary treatment or hospitalization or would likely result in separation from the Army for medical unfitness. 2 AR 40–501 • 14 December 2007