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SUBJ/FY-11 MEDICAL AND DENTAL OFFICER SPECIAL PAY PLAN// 

REF/A/DOC/ASD(HA)/30SEP2010// REF/B/DOC/OPNAV/28DEC2005// NARR/REF A IS THE 
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (HEALTH AFFAIRS)
(ASD(HA))
MEDICAL AND DENTAL OFFICER SPECIAL PAY PLANS.
REF B IS OPNAVINST 7220.17 SPECIAL PAY FOR MEDICAL CORPS, DENTAL CORPS, 
MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS, AND NURSE CORPS OFFICERS.// 

RMKS/1.  PER REF A, THE FY-11 MEDICAL AND DENTAL OFFICER SPECIAL PAY PLANS 
HAVE BEEN PROMULGATED.  THESE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYS ARE DESIGNED TO ATTRACT AND 
RETAIN QUALIFIED MEDICAL AND DENTAL CORPS OFFICERS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY 
PROVIDING A DEGREE OF PAY PARITY COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR CIVILIAN 
COUNTERPARTS.

2.  BUREAU OF MEDICINE (BUMED M1) WILL DETERMINE ACTIVE DUTY OBLIGATION
(ADO) INCURRED AND NOTIFY THE OFFICER OF HIS/HER ADO FOR MULTI-YEAR SERVICE 
AGREEMENTS VIA AN APPROVAL NOTIFICATION LETTER.  TO INITIATE PAYMENT, OFFICERS 
ARE REQUIRED TO RESPOND WITH THE ACCEPTANCE /DECLINATION ENCLOSURE TO THE 
BUMED M1 LETTER.  ACCEPTANCE OF FIRST PAYMENT WILL INDICATE AGREEMENT TO THE 
TERMS OF ALL SERVICE AGREEMENTS AND ADO.

3.  GENERAL ELIGIBILITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL SPECIAL 
PAY, INCENTIVE SPECIAL PAY, BOARD CERTIFIED PAY, MULTI-YEAR SPECIAL PAY, AND 
DENTAL OFFICER MULTI-YEAR RETENTION BONUS ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
    A.  ADDITIONAL SPECIAL PAY.  MEDICAL OR DENTAL CORPS OFFICERS
    ON
ACTIVE DUTY FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR, NOT UNDERGOING INTERNSHIP 
OR INITIAL RESIDENCY TRAINING (MEDICAL OFFICERS ONLY), AND WHO EXECUTE A 
SERVICE AGREEMENT TO REMAIN ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN ONE 
YEAR AND WHO HAVE A CURRENT, VALID, UNRESTRICTED LICENSE OR APPROVED WAIVER.  
PHYSICIANS WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED INTERNSHIP TRAINING, BUT WHO ARE NOT 
PRESENTLY IN INITIAL RESIDENCY TRAINING, ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE WITH EVIDENCE OF 
HAVING SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ALL THREE PARTS OF THE NATIONAL LICENSING EXAM, 
AND SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE PENDING REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY 
A STATE LICENSING BOARD.
    B.  INCENTIVE SPECIAL PAY.  MEDICAL CORPS OFFICERS AND DENTAL
    CORPS
ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL OFFICERS BELOW THE GRADE OF O-7, WHO HAVE A CURRENT AND 
VALID UNRESTRICTED LICENSE OR APPROVED WAIVER, HAVE COMPLETED SPECIALTY 
QUALIFICATION BEFORE 1 OCTOBER OF THE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE OFFICER ENTERS 
INTO THE AGREEMENT, AND WHO EXECUTE A SERVICE AGREEMENT TO REMAIN ON ACTIVE 
DUTY FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR.
    C.  BOARD CERTIFIED PAY.  MEDICAL OR DENTAL CORPS OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY 
FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR WHO HAVE A CURRENT AND VALID 
UNRESTRICTED LICENSE OR APPROVED WAIVER AND ARE BOARD CERTIFIED PER DODI 
6000.13.  SUBMIT REQUEST AND A COPY OF BOARD CERTIFICATION TO BUMED M1.
    D.  MULTI-YEAR SPECIAL PAY FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL CORPS
    OFFICERS
MULTI-YEAR RETENTION BONUS.  MEDICAL AND DENTAL CORPS OFFICERS BELOW THE GRADE 
OF O-7 WHO HAVE A CURRENT AND VALID UNRESTRICTED LICENSE OR APPROVED WAIVER, 
HAVE AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS OF CREDITABLE SERVICE (WITH A CURRENT OBLIGATION FOR 
EDUCATION OR TRAINING) OR HAVE COMPLETED ANY ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE COMMITMENT 
INCURRED FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING, HAVE COMPLETED INITIAL RESIDENCY 
TRAINING OR SCHEDULED TO COMPLETE INITIAL RESIDENCY TRAINING BEFORE 1 OCTOBER 
OF THE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE OFFICER ENTERS INTO AN AGREEMENT, AND WHO 
EXECUTES A SERVICE AGREEMENT TO REMAIN ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR TWO, THREE, OR FOUR 
YEARS.

4.  SPECIFIC PAY RATES FOR THESE VARIOUS SPECIAL PAYS, SERVICE AGREEMENTS, AND 
REQUEST FORMS CAN BE FOUND AT 
HTTP://WWW.MED.NAVY.MIL/BUMED/SPECIAL_PAY/PAGES/DEFAULT.ASPX.  ALL SERVICE 
AGREEMENTS AND PAY REQUESTS SHOULD BE FAXED TO BUMED M1 FOR APPROVAL AND 
PROCESSING AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW.  ENSURE ALL SPECIAL PAY REQUESTS FOR 
FY-11 REFERENCE THIS NAVADMIN, OR THEY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY BUMED M1. 
INDIVIDUALS WILL HAVE 30 DAYS FROM THE RELEASE OF THIS NAVADMIN TO REQUEST 
RETROACTIVE PAYMENT TO 1 OCTOBER 2010 WITHOUT HAVING TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS 
OF A RETROACTIVE APPROVAL PER REF B.

5.  POINTS OF CONTACT:
- MR. WILLIAM MARIN, PROGRAM MANAGER, AT (301) 295-2073/DSN 295 OR E -MAIL AT 
william.marin@med.navy.mil
- MS. KAREN GASTON, ASSISTANT PROGRAM MANAGER, AT (301) 295-9946/DSN
295
OR E-MAIL AT karen.gaston@med.navy.mil.
- MS. LU CHARBONEAU, SPECIAL PAYS TECH (A-G), AT (301) 295-2050/DSN 295-2050 
OR EMAIL AT lula.charboneau@med.navy.mil
- HM1 CARL SAVARD, SPECIAL PAYS TECH (H-O), AT (301) 295-2051/295 -2051, FAX 
(301) 319-0029/DSN 285 OR EMAIL AT carl.savard@med.navy.mil
- MS. JANELLE OSBORNE, SPECIAL PAYS TECH (P-Z), AT (301) 295-3194/DSN
295 OR E-MAIL AT janelle.osborne@med.navy.mil.

6.  RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.// BT
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