Military Occupational Classification and Structure - U.S. Army

(j) Implements Army Law Library service policies, procedures,
and systems.
(k) Authenticates legal and administrative documents.
(l) Reviews and develops technical correspondence and reports.
(m) Provides procedural instruction and guidance to or advises
legal officers, commanders and staff, and senior legal noncommissioned
officers in comprehensive legal technical areas.
(n) Ensures technical procedures are complied with in preparation
of legal and administrative documents.
(o) Performs legal research, drafts documents, memoranda, and
administrative opinions.
( p ) C o o r d i n a t e s l e g a l A D P c o m m u n i c a t i o n s i n a t a c t i c a l
environment.
(2) CW3—
(a) Performs duties described in paragraph g(1).
( b ) P r o v i d e s g u i d a n c e a n d t e c h n i c a l a s s i s t a n c e t o s u b o r d i n a t e
legal elements and/or other staff elements.
(3) CW4 performs duties described in paragraph g(2).
(4) CW5—
(a) Performs duties described in paragraph g(3).
(b) Responsible for MOS proponency and career management
functions.
h. Grading and position titles. Authorized position titles are provided
in tables 6-2 and 6-3. The following grades are used to code
positions into one of four definable skill levels: W2 equals WO1/
CW2; W3 equals CW3; W4 equals CW4; and W5 equals CW5. The
grades are listed in the following standards of grade tables:
(1) Table 8-550A-1. Standards of grade TOE/MTOE.
(2) Table 8-550A-2. Standards of grade TDA.
8–70. Branch 60—Medical Corps
(Proponent: Office of The Surgeon General) Provides health care
and performs administrative duties in medical treatment facilities as
assigned by supervisor. Provides for preparation of reports and records
including entries in clinical record forms and maintenance of
records relating to patient care. Supervises, or assists in supervising
enlisted specialists and comparable civilian employees in use, care,
maintenance, and economy of medical supplies and equipment. Organizes
and conducts training of enlisted specialists and appropriate
civilian personnel in technical aspects of patient care and treatments.
8–71. Area of concentration 600—Health Care Delivery
There is one warrant officer specialty within this AOC. The skills
and knowledge required to qualify for this specialty provide technical
assistance to the Army’s health care program.
8–72. Military Occupational Specialty 600A—Physician
Assistant
(For personnel only during transition period (Active Component—4
December 1996, Reserve Component—4 December 2001)). Refer to
AOC 65D for additional information.
a. Duties.
(1) Warrant officer—
(a) Knows role of The Surgeon General, medical facilities, and
personnel in providing medical support to the military community.
(b) Provides limited primary and specialized care of the sick and
wounded under the guidance and supervision of a physician to all
categories of patients (active duty), family members, and retired.
Orders appropriate diagnostic X-ray and laboratory procedures to
support or aid in diagnosis and treatment plan.
(c) Interviews patients to collect historical personal and health
data to compile comprehensive medical histories. Examines, diagnoses,
and treats or prescribes courses of treatment and medications
for sick and wounded personnel in troop medical clinics, field units,
fixed outpatient clinics, or other medical treatment facilities. Interp
r e t s i n f o r m a t i o n i n h e a l t h r e c o r d s f o r a p p l i c a t i o n t o c u r r e n t
condition.
(d) Knows channels for consultation and referral of patients requiring
special procedures or a physician’s evaluation.
(e) Understands basic epidemiologic principles involved in the
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transmission of disease. Recognizes or suspects infectious diseases,
and knows the control, prevention, and reporting actions that are
immediately necessary.
(f) Provides initial treatment for organic confusional states, suicidal
states, alcoholism, and drug dependency behavior, and emotional
disorders.
(g) Classifies patients in accordance with their ailments and sets
priorities for their evacuation when necessary. In the absence of a
physician, is the primary source of advice to determine the medical
necessity, priority, and requirements for patient evacuation. Knows
types and methods of medical evacuation available and has the
ability to prioritize and prepare patients for evacuation by the most
appropriate means.
( h ) O r g a n i z e s , i n s t r u c t s , a n d s u p e r v i s e s e n l i s t e d s o l d i e r s a n d
civilan personnel in first aid, personal hygiene, field sanitation, heat
and cold injury, drug abuse, other health hazards, and the technical
aspects of patient care and treatment.
(i) Supervises preparation of reports pertaining to medical activities.
Operates equipment routinely used in care and treatment of
patients.
(j) Supervises preventive medical programs to prevent potential
zoonotic and foodborne diseases. Conserves health of personnel by
application of diversified knowledge of diagnostic, therapeutic, and
surgical procedures.
(k) Performs routine periodic medical examinations, as required
in AR 40-501 (para 3-2b) on individuals in the Personnel Reliability
Program (PRP) (See AR 40-48, chap 3, para 3-2g).
(2) CW4—
(a) Performs the duties described for Warrant Officer level in
paragraph a(1) above.
(b) Provides technical guidance and direction to warrant officer
level Physician Assistants.
(c) Manages subordinate personnel, facilities, and equipment required
to staff and operate troop clinics, or other military activities
and organizations. As clinic OIC, directs the technical aspects of
enlisted medical personnel or appropriate civilian medical personnel.
As a staff officer, provides medical advice on health and welfare of
troops to commander.
(3) CW5—
(a) Performs the duties described for the Senior Warrant Officer
in paragraph a(2) above.
(b) Responsible for providing guidance and technical input to
subordinate elements or other staff elements.
(c) Instructs, develops, conducts, or supervises the instruction of
students.
(d) Performs the duties of Career Management or Consultant to
The Surgeon General at the DA staff level.
b. Restrictions. Physician Assistants will not be assigned nonmedical
duties of any type other than those for which specifically
trained. Duties, supervision, use, functions, and credentialing of
physician assistants are further described in AR 40-48 (chap 3) and
any deviation requires approval of The Surgeon General, Department
of the Army.
8–73. Branch 64—Veterinary Corps
(Proponent: Office of The Surgeon General) The Veterinary Corps
(VC) is a special branch of the Army organized under the Army
Medical Department (AMEDD) that serves as the DoD executive
agent for worldwide military veterinary services. It is composed of
commissioned officers that are graduates of schools of veterinary
medicine accredited by the Council of Education of the American
V e t e r i n a r y M e d i c a l A s s o c i a t i o n a n d w a r r a n t o f f i c e r s p o s s e s s i n g
MOS 640A. The Veterinary Corps encompasses those positions in
which the knowledge and skills required and the services performed
are associated with the prevention of human illness from food or
animal sources, the wholesomeness and quality of subsistence, the
health and welfare of animals, and experimental and comparative
biomedical research involving animals.
8–74. Area of Concentration 640—Veterinary Services
There is one warrant officer specialty within this AOC. The skills