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The Public Health Service National Emergency Preparedness Award is a decoration of the United States Public Health Service presented to members of the
United States Public Health Service The United States Public Health Service (USPHS or PHS) is a collection of agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services which manages public health, containing nine out of the department's twelve operating divisions. The assistant s ...
Commissioned Corps. It recognizes service to provide emergency medical or support services between 2006 and 2019.


Criteria

The PHS National Emergency Preparedness Award is awarded to officers who served at any time from 19 December 2006 through 31 December 2019 in an organizational entity whose mission was to provide emergency medical or support services.Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service: Commissioned Officers’ Awards Program Types of Recognition & Awards Criteria Accessed 9 November 2022
/ref> An officer is eligible for the award if he or she: * successfully served for at least two consecutive years as an active member of a USPHS Commissioned Corps-managed Rapid Deployment Unit or previously recognized Tier 1 or Tier 2 team and meets the eligibility criteria for the award as defined by the
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; or * was detailed or assigned by personnel orders for one continuous year to the
United States Department of Health and Human Services The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the US federal government created to protect the health of the US people and providing essential human services. Its motto is ...
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is an operating agency of the United States Public Health Service, U.S. Public Health Service within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Health ...
or to the USPHS Commissioned Corps Headquarters Readiness and Deployment Branch. An officer is authorized to receive only one National Emergency Preparedness Award during his or her career.


See also

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Awards and decorations of the Public Health Service An award, sometimes called a distinction, is given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An award may be d ...
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References

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