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SUBJ: FY-12 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OFFICER SPECIAL PAYS UNCLASSIFIED/ PASS TO ALL 
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REF/A/DOC/ASD(HA)/30SEP2010/NOTAL//
REF/B/DOC/ASD(HA)/29APR2011/NOTAL//
REF/C/DOC/ASD(HA)/14JUN2010/NOTAL//
REF/D/DOC/ASD(HA)/17AUG2010/NOTAL//
REF/E/DOC/USD(PR)/23JUL2009/NOTAL//
REF/F/DOC/ASD(HA)/09MAR2009/NOTAL//
REF/G/DOC/ASD(HA)/12JUL2001/NOTAL//
REF/H/RMG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/010145ZDEC2010//
REF/I/RMG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/161438ZAUG2011//
REF/J/RMG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/230011ZNOV2010//
REF/K/RMG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/230017ZNOV2010//
REF/L/RMG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/190128ZFEB2010//
REF/M/RMG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/251512ZJUN2010//
REF/N/RMG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/301140ZJUN2003//

SUBJ/FY-12 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OFFICER SPECIAL PAYS//

NARR/REF A IS THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (HEALTH AFFAIRS) (ASD(HA)) 
POLICY MEMO, MEDICAL AND DENTAL OFFICER SPECIAL PAY PLANS.  REF B IS ASD(HA)  
POLICY MEMO, IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIAL PAY FOR GENERAL DENTISTS.  REF C IS 
ASD(HA)  POLICY MEMO, NURSE SPECIAL PAY PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011.  REF D IS 
ASD(HA) POLICY MEMO,  PHARMACY OFFICER SPECIAL PAY PLAN.  REF E IS UNDER 
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PERSONNEL AND READINESS DIRECTIVE TYPE MEMORANDUM 09-
009, IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIAL PAY FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS OFFICERS.  REF F IS 
ASD(HA), GUIDANCE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF  DIPLOMAT PAY FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS 
AND NON-PHYSICIAN BOARD CERTIFIED PAY.  REF G IS ASD(HA) POLICY MEMO, 
IMPLEMENTATION OF RETENTION SPECIAL PAY FOR OPTOMETRY OFFICERS.  REF H IS 
NAVADMIN 380/10 ANNOUNCING THE FY-11 MEDICAL AND DENTAL OFFICER SPECIAL PAY 
PLAN.  REF I IS NAVADMIN 240/11 ANNOUNCING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIAL PAY 
FOR GENERAL DENTISTS.  REF J IS NAVADMIN 371/10 ANNOUNCING THE FY-11 NURSE 
OFFICER SPECIAL PAY PLAN.  REF K IS NAVADMIN 372/10 ANNOUNCING THE FY-11 
PHARMACY OFFICER SPECIAL PAY PLAN.  REF L IS NAVADMIN 057/10 ANNOUNCING THE 
SPECIAL PAY FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS OFFICERS OF THE MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS.  REF 
M IS NAVADMIN 211/10 ANNOUNCING THE BOARD CERTIFICATION PAY FOR BOARD 
CERTIFIED NURSE CORPS OFFICERS AND MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS OFFICERS (EXCLUDING 
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, AND SOCIAL WORKERS WHICH ARE 
COVERED UNDER REF (L)).  REF N IS NAVADMIN 172/03 ANNOUNCING THE OPTOMETRY 
RETENTION BONUS.//

RMKS/1.  PER THE AUTHORITY GRANTED IN REFS A THROUGH G, THIS NAVADMIN 
ANNOUNCES THE CONTINUATION OF REFS H THROUGH N FOR FY-12.   ADDITIONALLY, THE 
OPTOMETRY SPECIAL PAY SHALL ALSO REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR FY-12.  FOR FY-12, ALL 
AFOREMENTIONED REFERENCES REMAIN UNCHANGED EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING:
    A.  NO NEW INCENTIVE SPECIAL PAY CONTRACTS SHALL BE ENTERED FOR NURSE 
CORPS OFFICERS WITH THE SUBSPECIALTY CODE OF OB/GYN NURSE PRACTITIONER (1980).
    B.  THERE IS NO LONGER A WAIVER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RN-ISP.
 MEMBERS ACCEPTING THE RN-ISP MUST FULFILL THEIR RN-ISP OBLIGATION WHILE 
PERFORMING FULL TIME IN THE SPECIALTY FOR WHICH THE RN-ISP IS BEING PAID, 
UNLESS INVOLUNTARILY SEPARATED OR DISCHARGED.
    C.  MEDICAL CORPS AND DENTAL CORPS MEDICAL SPECIAL PAY AND ISP REQUESTS 
MUST BE ROUTED THROUGH THE PRIVILEGING AUTHORITY FOR ENDORSEMENT.  WAIVERS FOR 
MC AND DC MSP, ISP AND DENTAL OFFICER MULTI-YEAR RETENTION BONUS (DOMRB), 
WHERE APPLICABLE, MUST BE ENDORSED BY THE RESPECTIVE CORPS CHIEF AND APPROVED 
BY BUMED (M1).

2.  SPECIAL PAY REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN UPDATED.  IMPLEMENTATION 
GUIDANCE, ELIGIBILITY, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND REQUEST FORMS CAN BE 
FOUND AT HTTP://WWW.MED.NAVY.MIL/BUMED/SPECIAL_PAY/PAGES/DEFAULT.ASPX.

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

4.  RELEASED BY MS. STEFFANIE B. EASTER, N1 (ACTING).//

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