Federal Occupational Health

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Federal Occupational Health (FOH) is a non-appropriated agency currently within
the Program Support Center of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It
is the largest provider of occupational health services in the U.S. federal government,
providing services exclusively to federal agencies. FOH was previously part of the U.S.
Public Health Service from its formation in 1946 until 2001.

Contents

 1Activities
 2History
 3References
 4External links

Activities[edit]
FOH is the largest provider of occupational health services in the U.S. federal
government, serving more than 360 federal agencies and reaching 1.8 million federal
employees. FOH provides services exclusively to federal agencies including
the Department of Defense. It works in partnership with federal organizations nationally
and internationally to design and deliver comprehensive occupational health solutions
exclusively to federal employees.
It has 300 health centers throughout the U.S. and a network of over 700 private-provider
physicians and nurses through which it provides clinical services, including emergency
response, physical exams, immunizations, vision and health screenings, and health risk
appraisals. It also maintains more than 200 counseling offices in federal buildings as
well as a network of affiliate counselors in approximately 1,000 locations across the
country.

History[edit]

Old official logo of Federal Occupational Health from 2013

Federal Occupational Health's earliest predecessor was created in 1946. [1] The Federal
Employee Health Division was established in 1947 within the U.S. Public Health
Service (PHS) Bureau of Medical Services. It was absorbed by the Division of Hospitals
in 1949, but was split out again in 1966 as the Federal Employee Health Program.
  After the PHS reorganizations of 1966–1973, it was placed in a different Bureau of
[2]

Medical Services within the Health Services Administration. [3][4]

In 1982, a high-level merger of agencies placed the Division of Federal Employee
Occupational Health within the Bureau of Community Health Services in the Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).[5][6] As of 1985, it was called the Division
of Federal Occupational Health and Beneficiary Health Services. [7] By 1997, the division
had been renamed the Division of Federal Occupational Health. [8]
In 2001, Federal Occupational Health was transferred out of HRSA and PHS into
the Program Support Center,[9] part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration.[1]

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:a b "About FOH".  Federal Occupational Health.
Retrieved 2020-09-17.
2. ^ "Records of the Public Health Service [PHS], 1912-1968".  National
Archives. 2016-08-15. Section 90.8. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
3. ^ History, mission, and organization of the Public Health Service. U.S.
Public Health Service. 1976. p.  22.
4. ^ Ederma, Arvo B. (1977). An Administrative Guide for Federal
Occupational Health Units. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare.
5. ^ Erickson, Anna. "A Policy History of the Community Health Centers
Program: 1965-2012"  (PDF). University of Michigan. Retrieved 2020-
08-30.
6. ^ 47 FR 38409
7. ^ Availability of Occupational Health Services for Federal Employees
in GSA Buildings-1985: A Chart Book. 1986.
8. ^ United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing
Office. 1999.
9. ^ 66 FR 35981

External links[edit]
 Federal Occupational Health
 FOH - Who We Are
Categories: 
 1946 establishments in the United States
 Occupational safety and health organizations
 Agencies of the United States Public Health Service
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