text: Chapter 2
  * Medical and surgical services to include providing consultation and education support; monitoring
  patient statistical data on types of wounds, injuries, and illnesses to identify trends; ensuring
  required professional skills are available and requesting augmentation when required; monitoring
  the care of a detainee or personnel in U.S. custody; and recommending the designation of MTFs
  for specific situations or medical conditions (such as for detained patients only or all cases of head
  trauma). This section also develops and implements medical and surgical clinical policies and
  guidelines which are in consonance with the Defense Medical Materiel Program Office
  Deployable Medical Systems Clinical Policy and Guidelines and Patient Treatment Briefs. This
  section identifies medical issues requiring research and clinical investigation.
  * Pharmacy to include developing and establishing a theater formulary; monitoring pharmacy
  operations within the command to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements; providing
  consultation and education on prescription and investigational new drugs; establishing policy and
  procedures for dispensing over-the-counter drugs; monitoring proficiency of enlisted pharmacy
  personnel; and establishing training programs as required.
  * Optometry to include monitoring the occupational vision program, providing consultation on all
  matters pertaining to vision evaluation and correction, and developing protocols for the diagnosis
  and treatment of ocular injuries and diseases in concert with supporting ophthalmologist.
  * Medical laboratory to include monitoring medical laboratory operations within the command to
  ensure adequate capability is available to meet medical laboratory requirements, coordinating for
  reconstitution, reinforcement, or augmentation of medical laboratory resources, as required, and
  providing consultation to subordinate medical laboratory personnel.
  2-70. This section ensures that health care providers are properly credentialed and their scope of practice is
  defined. They also establish quality assurance measures and peer review of technical matters. Further, this
  section is responsible for establishing and monitoring professional medical education and training programs
  and policies. For more information on health care professional credentialing and privileging assigned to a
  multinational medical unit, refer to ABCA Standard 2108.
  2-71. This section, in conjunction with the patient administration officers in the theater patient movement
  center, monitors the maintenance and disposition of patient medical records.
  Dental Services
  2-72. Dental services personnel serve as the commander’s principal consultants and the command’s technical
  advisor in dentistry. This section directs the establishment and implementation of policy and programs for
  all dental activities, this includes preventive dentistry and educational programs, operational dental care
  (emergency and essential), and oral and maxillofacial surgical procedures. This section ensures oral health
  surveillance policies, programs, and procedures are developed and implemented within the operational area.
  It also advises the commander on the dental aspects of foreign humanitarian assistance operations, plans, and
  programs, as required.
  Veterinary Services
  2-73. Veterinary services personnel serve as the commander’s principal consultants and the command’s
  technical advisor for veterinary services’ activities and employment of veterinary assets for the joint force.
  This section provides technical supervision of food protection, animal medical care, and veterinary public
  health support. The United States Army is the sole provider for veterinary services for all Services (DODD
  6400.04E) (with the exception of food inspection operations on USAF installations).
  2-74. This section develops, plans, and implements veterinary services policies and programs for the joint
  operational area. It also evaluates host-nation capabilities and integrates veterinary services policy with
  multinational forces. The veterinary services section coordinates with the CA officer to advise the command
  and staff concerning local zoonotic disease transmission, providing animal medical care for local livestock
  and other animals, and building relationships with local food production facilities and agricultural and
  veterinary medical agencies.