MCO 6400.1A governs DON policy for training, certifying, employing, and supervising independent duty corpsmen in specified NEC codes.
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MCO 6400.1A defines direct and indirect IDC supervision and establishes roles for program directors, program managers, and clinical supervisors. It also sets requirements for certification maintenance, continuing education, remediation, and NEC removal.
Applies to: This instruction applies to all active duty and full-time support Service members.
The IDC NEC codes were established to identify highly motivated and specially trained hospital corpsmen to manage health programs and provide primary care under indirect supervision on shore, at sea, and on mission deployment. (paragraph 4)
During indirect supervision, the IDC determines the diagnosis and initiates the treatment of the patient without the clinical supervisor being present, but reports back to the clinical supervisor during scheduled reviews. (paragraph 6)
All Navy IDCs must be supervised by an assigned clinical supervisor. (paragraph 6)
Document a minimum of five health record reviews for each IDC assigned under their care a month to assess clinical performance. (paragraph 5)
If the IDC is deployed or operational commitments prevent the quarterly review, the review may be deferred. In such instances, the required reviews must be completed within 2 months of return to home port and must include review of care provided while deployed. (paragraph 5)