10 USC § 1092a - Persons entering the armed forces: baseline health data

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title: "10 USC § 1092a - Persons entering the armed forces: baseline health data"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1092a"
section_name: "Persons entering the armed forces: baseline health data"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VII, § 733(a)(1), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1997.)"
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# § 1092a. Persons entering the armed forces: baseline health data

**(a)** **Program Required.—** The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program—

**(1)** to collect baseline health data from each person entering the armed forces, at the time of entry into the armed forces; and

**(2)** to provide for computerized compilation and maintenance of the baseline health data.

**(b)** **Purposes.—** The program under this section shall be designed to achieve the following purposes:

**(1)** To facilitate understanding of how subsequent exposures related to service in the armed forces affect health.

**(2)** To facilitate development of early intervention and prevention programs to protect health and readiness.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VII, § 733(a)(1), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1997.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Time for Implementation

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