(1)
Program management of all medical automation systems and equipment
for the Army.
(2) Determining the proper approval authority for medical automation by
either using the authority delegated or by obtaining ACSAC, Assistant Secretary of the
Army--Installations, Logistics, and Financial Management (ASA--IL&FM), and/or DoD
approvals.
(3) Formulating policies and regulations concerning medical automation
aspects of Army programs.
j. Under the Special Staff supervision of the Chief of Engineers (COE), TSG is
responsible for the following:
(1) Planning, programming, budgeting, and monitoring health facilities
construction (construction category 500) accomplished under the Military Construction
Army (MCA) Program.
(2) Providing technical assistance and guidance on the health aspects of
pollution control and emission monitoring programs.
1-12. POLICIES OF THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
The following policies are in force in the AMEDD:
a. No member of the AMEDD is to be assigned to perform professional duties
unless that person is qualified to perform those duties. If the duties to which a member
of the AMEDD is assigned involve professional work that is the same as or is similar to
that usually performed in civil life by a member of a learned profession, the member
must possess qualifications by education, training, or experience equal to or similar to
those usually required for members of that profession, unless prevented by the
exigencies of the situation.
b. An officer of the AMEDD is not to engage in private practice without his
commander's approval. This policy does not prohibit charitable practice voluntarily
performed for the benefit of institutionalized persons or for the recognized nonprofit
charitable groups. (The officer performs these voluntary actions as a private citizen and
the Government assumes no responsibility for his actions.) Neither does this policy
prohibit emergency procedures necessary to save lives or prevent undue suffering.
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