AFI48-170 governs Air Force Periodic Health Assessments, including their requirements, procedures, components, and medical standards.
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It defines the PHA as four components: self-assessment, medical record review, a person-to-person mental health assessment, and healthcare-provider review and disposition. The Base Operational Medicine Clinic manages the program at active-duty military medical units, and the publication requires a mental health assessment component in the annual PHA.
Applies to: This instruction applies to uniformed members of the Regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard.
The Base Operational Medicine Clinic manages the PHA Program at activeduty military medical units.
Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with Air Force Instruction (AFI) 33-322, Records Management and Information Governance Program, and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule located at the Air Force Records Information Management System.
The authorities to waive wing/unit level requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) number following the compliance statement.