This United States Army Regulation, Army Regulation AR 40-5 Medical Services Army Public Health Program May 2020, defines and sets policies for the Army Public Health (PH) Program. It defines the Army PH Enterprise concept and assigns responsibilities for optimizing readiness and health throughout the Army and across the range of military operations, including Joint and combined operations. This regulation establishes practical measures for the preservation and promotion of health, the prevention of disease and nonbattle injuries, and improvement of personal readiness. This regulation implements Executive Order 12196; DOD 6055.05–M; DODD4715.1E, DODD 6000.12E, DODD 6200.04, DODD 6205.02E, DODD 6400.04E, and DODD 6490.02E; Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 1010.10, DODI 1322.24, DODI 1400.25, DODI 4150.07, DODI 6050.05, DODI 6055.01, DODI 6055.05, DODI 6055.07, DODI 6055.08, DODI 6055.11, DODI 6055.12, DODI 6055.15, DODI 6060.02, DODI 6200.03, DODI 6205.4, and DODI 6490.03.
This regulation applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated. It applies to U.S. Military Academy cadets, U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets when engaged in directed training activities, foreign national military personnel assigned to Army components, Department of the Army Civilian personnel, and nonappropriated fund personnel. Further, this regulation applies to all elements of the Army across the range of military operations from military engagement, security cooperation, and deterrence through large-scale combat operations, to include activities during mobilization. Except for those public health services defined in DODI 6055.01 for supporting DOD contractor personnel during outside continental United States force deployments or specifically provided for in contracts between the Government and a contractor, this regulation does not generally apply to Army contractor personnel and contractor operations.
