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Army Regulation 40\u2013501

Medical Services

Standards of

Medical

Fitness

Headquarters

Department of the Army
Washington, DC
12 April 2004

UNCLASSIFIED

SUMMARY of CHANGE

AR 40\u2013501

Standards of Medical Fitness

This revision, dated 12 April 2004-

o Reinstates Class 4 air traffic controller provisions that were inadvertently

dropped by the 19 February 2004 revision (para 4-2e).

o Corrects a paragraph title to reflect the applicability of the paragraph to

all air traffic controller personnel (para 4-33).

This revision, dated 19 February 2004-

o Clarifies the certification requirements for contractor pilots who fly

acceptance, maintenance, experimental, developmental, or test flights (chap

4).

o Implements a revised DA Form 3349, Physical Profile, and provides updated

profile guidance (chap 7).
o Clarifies provisions regarding profile approval authorities (para 7-8f).
o Removes references to obsolete forms SF 88 and SF 93 (paras 8-5 and 10-7).

o Changes the term \u2019Ready Reserve\u2019 to \u2019Selected Reserve\u2019 in conformance with 10

USC 10206 (para 8-19c(4)).

o Makes corrections to reflect the reorganization of the United States Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM) as the United States Army Human Resources Command (AHRC) throughout the regulation.

o Corrects references to ARNGUS to include ARNG where appropriate throughout

the regulation.

This revision, dated 29 August 2003--

o Clarifies the medical examination requirements for Army aviation (chaps 4 and

6).

o Deletes flying duty Class 2S (chaps 4 and 6).

o Expands the physical profiling authority for podiatrists (para 7-6a(5)).

o Adds requirements for the medical examinations for Ranger School applicants

(para 8-12k).

o Changes the requirements for age specific periodic medical examinations to an

every 5 year schedule (para 8-19c(3)).

o Deletes the requirement to have a duplicate medical examination recorded on DD Form 2808 (Report of Medical Exam) if a separation medical examination has already been completed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (para 8-23e).

o Rescinds DA Form 5675 (Health Risk Appraisal).

This administrative revision dated 30 September 2002--

o Corrects an error in the conditions of the lower extremities that are causes

for rejection for appointment, enlistment, and induction (para 2-10c(2)).

o Corrects an error in a paragraph reference for certain physical exams (para

10-23d).

o Includes correction of publication titles and sources in appendix A.
This revision (dated 28 March 2002)--
o Revises the list of authorities who approve waivers for the medical fitness

standards contained in chapters 2, 3, 4, or 5 (para 1-6).

o Revises the medical accession standards in compliance with DOD Directive 6130.3, \u201cPhysical Standards for Appointment, Enlistment, or Induction,\u201d 15 December 2000, and DOD Instruction 6130.4, \u201cCriteria and Procedure

Requirements for Physical Standards for Appointment, Enlistment, or

Induction in the Armed Forces,\u201d 14 December 2000 (chap 2).

o Adds the International Classification of Disease codes for medical conditions

causing rejection for appointment, enlistment, and induction (chap 2).

o Revises the medical retention standards, including new standards on asthma

(chap 3).

o Adds metabolic equivalent testing to functional classifications of patients

with cardiovascular disease (table 3-1).

o Revises the aviation chapters (chap 4 and chap 6).

o Reduces the number of physician signatures on permanent 3 or 4 profiles (chap

7) and updates the description of profile codes (table 7-1).

o Adds occupational history requirements to the pregnancy profile (chap 7).

o Replaces SF 93 (Report of Medical History) and SF 88 (Report of Medical Examination) with two new forms, DD Form 2807-1 (Report of Medical History) and DD Form 2808 (Report of Medical Examination) (chap 8 and table 8-1).

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