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§1092a Persons Entering the Armed Forces: Baseline Health Data
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part II— PERSONNEL › Chapter 55— MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE › § 1092a
Summary
The Secretary of Defense must run a program that collects basic health information from every person when they join the armed forces. The program must store and maintain that information in a computerized database. It must help show how later military exposures affect health and support early prevention and intervention steps to protect service members' health and readiness.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §1092a
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(a)The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program—
(1)to collect baseline health data from each person entering the armed forces, at the time of entry into the armed forces; and
(2)to provide for computerized compilation and maintenance of the baseline health data.
(b)The program under this section shall be designed to achieve the following purposes:
(1)To facilitate understanding of how subsequent exposures related to service in the armed forces affect health.
(2)To facilitate development of early intervention and prevention programs to protect health and readiness.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Time for Implementation Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VII, § 733(a)(3), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1998, provided that: “The Secretary of Defense shall implement the program required under section 1092a of title 10, United States Code (as added by paragraph (1)), not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 28, 2004].”
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10 U.S.C. § 1092a
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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