13. Personnel who are to be confined on diminished rations. or on bread and water must be examined by an officer of the Medical Corps if the sentence exceeds a minimum of 1. 3 days 2. 5 days 3. 10 days 4. 12 days 14. The physical standards for appointment and enlistment in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve are 1. less exacting than those prescribed for the Regular Service 2. more exacting than those prescribed for the Regular Service 3. the same as those prescribed for the Regular Service 15. When it is necessary to submit a recommendation for a waiver of a physical disability by dispatch, it shall be addressed to the 1. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery 2. Chief of Naval Operations 3. Judge Advocate General 4. Chief of Naval Personnel or Commandant of the Marine Corps, as appropriate TRUE-FALSE ITEMS Write the word "True" or "False" in the blank space provided after each statement. 16. An individual who incurs a physical defect as a result of service may be discharged and immediately reenlisted without a waiver if he can perform the duties of his rank, grade, or rate. 17. The list of causes for rejection that is included under each system, in the physical examination section of the Manual of the Medical Department, is considered to be complete, and any other defect in that system which is not listed cannot be used as cause for rejection. 18. A request for waiver must be submitted before personnel with defective color perception are enlisted. 19. If albuminuria is present daily during a period of 3 days, it should be regarded as reason for rejection, even if the origin cannot be determined. 20. When properly designated flight surgeons or aviation medical examiners are not available, flight physical examinations may be conducted by other Medical Corps officers of the Navy who are of the grade of commander or above. 21. When the visual acuity required for entering a component of the naval service is less than 20/20, correctability of visual acuity to 20/20 in each eye is required. 22. Medical examiners are expected to use discretion in evaluating the degree or severity of any defect or disability, and are authorized to disregard defects or disabilities which are disqualifying in accordance with standards. 23. Uncomplicated hernias are not cause for rejection of otherwise acceptable applicants for enlistment in the Navy. 24. For an officer ordered to Underwater Demolition Team duty, the physical standards (less dental) are those of an officer ordered to Submarine Duty. 25. When a defect which is organic in nature or otherwise wholly disqualifying for service is discovered, a waiver shall be recommended. INSTRUCTION TEST Read this reference: Manual of the Medical Department, Chapter 16. COMPLETION ITEMS Complete the following statements by supplying the proper word or words. 1. The health record is the chronological medical and dental record of an individual while a member of the Navy or Marine Corps, or the thereof. 2. The health record is compiled to protect the the individual concerned, and of the individual by recording therein entries relative to physical examination, medical and dental history, preliminary to entry and throughout his entire naval career, or 3. A health record shall be and forwarded to the Bureau whenever a member of the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve is discharged, resigns, retires, or dies. 4. Health records for Naval Reserve officers (male or female) appointed from civil life shall be prepared in offices of naval 5. The medical officer of a ship or station shall approve all entries made in the forms of the health records (excepting the dental record) in his custody or enter his reasons. for 6. When an officer or enlisted man is discharged from treatment "D" (Duty) at a naval hospital and directed to proceed to his official residence to await action of a physical evaluation board, appropriate entries to this effect shall be made in the health record, including an entry of the individual's 7. As an aid in tracing lost records and for purposes of safeguarding original entries, all Medical Department personnel having custody of health records shall keep a record of of such records. and 8. Naval personnel and civilians traveling under the cognizance of the Navy Department shall be immunized and have a NavMed- (U. S. Navy Immunization Record), certified by a medical officer, in their possession prior to 9. Upon reporting to a new command, the individuals' current NavMed-H-10 shall be removed from the Health Record and placed in the activity's file of records. MULTIPLE CHOICE ITEMS In the following statements or questions place the number preceding the correct answer in the blank space provided. 10. Whenever an individual disappears and the facts regarding disappearance are insufficient to justify a conclusion of death, a complete résumé of the circumstances shall be entered in the health record, and the record shall 1. then be terminated and forwarded to BuMed 2. then be retained on board for thirty days prior to forwarding to BuMed 3. not be terminated, but shall be forwarded to BuMed with appropriate entries "Missing" or "Missing in Action" 11. When personnel are declared deserters from commands outside the continental limits of the United States, the health record may be retained by the ship or station from which the person was declared a deserter for a period of 1. 1 month 2. 2 months 4. 6 months 12. When an enlisted person who is mentally irresponsible at the time of his absence from a naval hospital has been declared a deserter, his health record will be 1. forwarded immediately to BuMed 2. retained on board for one month from the date of beginning of absence 3. retained on board for two months from the date of beginning of absence 4. retained on board for three months from the date of beginning of absence 13. Health records of successful candidates for the Naval Academy are prepared by 1. designated naval medical facilities 2. the nearest medical activity to place of acceptance 4. naval hospitals only 14. When Naval or Marine Corps personnel embark on MSTS vessels, the health records shall be 1. forwarded to destination by registered mail 2. sent with them, if practicable 3. forwarded to BuMed with a letter of explanation 4. forwarded on the earliest U. S. Navy ship having the same destination as the MSTS vessel 15. When the Headquarters, U. S. Marine Corps, directs discharge of a general court martial prisoner confined in a Federal penitentiary or reformatory, the health record will be terminated by the 1. appropriate district medical officer 2. commanding officer of the nearest naval medical facility 3. Commanding Officer, U. S. Naval Dispensary, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 4. commanding officer of the nearest naval hospital |