ALCOAST 090/18 - MAR 2018 MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION OF ASBESTOS AND LEAD EXPOSURES ON COAST GUARD CUTTERS UPDATE

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ALCOAST 090/18
COMDTNOTE 6010
SUBJ:  MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION OF ASBESTOS AND LEAD EXPOSURES ON COAST GUARD CUTTERS UPDATE
A. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 221557 DEC 17/ALCOAST 364/17
B. Technical Directive, Medical Documentation of Asbestos and Lead Exposures on Coast
Guard Cutters Constructed Prior to 1991, HSWLSCTD 2017-009
1. This ALCOAST expands and clarifies REF (A). 
2. Coast Guard Active Duty (AD) and Selected Reserve (SELRES) members who are on
Extended Active Duty (EAD) or Active Duty for Operational Support (ADOS) orders who
have had a prior or current permanent duty assignment on a Coast Guard cutter that was
constructed prior to 1991 will have the appropriate medical documentation inserted into
their Service Treatment Record (STR) by Coast Guard healthcare personnel. Refer to
REF (B) for additional information.
3. Coast Guard AD/SELRES members who are scheduled to retire within six months of the
date of this message or for whom the medical documentation was not inserted in their
STRs and SELRES members with a prior permanent duty assignment on a Coast Guard cutter
that was constructed prior to 1991 may have this same medical documentation inserted
into their STR by their Coast Guard primary care provider or Independent Duty Health
Services Technician (IDHS) responsible for their unit. For this to occur, they will
need to provide their primary care provider or IDHS responsible for their unit with a
print out of their Career Summary Page from Direct Access (Click on Tasks/
My Member Info/Create Report/Scroll down to Career Summary).
4. Coast Guard veterans and retirees no longer have an active STR, so insertion of
medical documentation into their STR is not possible. Coast Guard veterans and
retirees should go to http://www.dcms.uscg.mil/asbestos/ for more information.
5. The POC for this message is CAPT Gerald N. Taylor, Chief (Acting), Office of Health
Services, CG-112 (202) 475-5174, Gerald.N.Taylor@uscg.mil.
6. RADM Erica Schwartz, Director of Health, Safety and Work-Life, sends.
7. Internet release authorized.