§10206 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

Members of the Selected Reserve who are not on active duty must get a full health and dental check every year. That includes routine preventive screenings and periodic full physicals that match the health risks of their military job, age, and gender. Each year they must sign and send paperwork to the Secretary in charge saying they are medically and dentally able to do military duties. Members of the Individual Ready Reserve or the inactive National Guard get physical exams when needed to check fitness for duty, promotion, attendance at military schools, or other career actions. Any reservist in an active or inactive status who is not on active duty must also send an annual signed certificate about their physical condition. When a reservist is ordered to active duty, the type of duty they will do must be considered when deciding if they are physically qualified.

Title 10, §10206

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(a)Each member of the Selected Reserve who is not on active duty shall—

(1)have a comprehensive medical readiness health and dental assessment on an annual basis, including routine annual preventive health care screening and periodic comprehensive physical examinations in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense that reflect morbidity and mortality risks associated with the military service, age, and gender of the member; and

(2)execute and submit to the Secretary concerned on an annual basis documentation of the medical and dental readiness of the member to perform military duties.

(b)A member of the Individual Ready Reserve or inactive National Guard shall be examined for physical fitness as necessary to determine the member’s physical fitness for—

(1)military duty or promotion;

(2)attendance at a school of the armed forces; or

(3)other action related to career progression.

(c)Each Reserve in an active status, or on an inactive status list, who is not on active duty shall execute and submit annually to the Secretary concerned a certificate of physical condition.

(d)The kind of duty to which a Reserve ordered to active duty may be assigned shall be considered in determining physical qualifications for active duty.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 1004(a), (b) of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1661(a)(4)(A).

Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–163, § 732(b), struck out “periodic” before “physical” in section catchline. Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109–163, § 732(a)(1), amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: “be examined as to the member’s physical fitness every five years, or more often as the Secretary concerned considers necessary; and”. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 109–163, § 732(a)(2), substituted “to the Secretary concerned on an annual basis documentation of the medical and dental readiness of the member to perform military duties” for “annually to the Secretary concerned a certificate of physical condition”. 2001—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–107, § 516(a)(1), (2), substituted “Selected Reserve” for “Ready Reserve” in introductory provisions and redesignated concluding provisions as subsec. (c). Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 107–107, § 516(b), substituted “the member’s physical fitness” for “his physical fitness”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–107, § 516(a)(4), added subsec. (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (d). Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–107, § 516(a)(2), redesignated concluding provisions of subsec. (a) as (c). Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107–107, § 516(a)(3), redesignated subsec. (b) as (d).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.

§10206 Members: physical examinations