MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED BY PROMOTION BOARDS IN CASE OF OFFICERS IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES

SEC. 519. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED BY PROMOTION BOARDS IN CASE OF OFFICERS IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS COMPETITIVE CATEGORIESSection 615 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) The Secretary of each military department, under uniform regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, shall include in guidelines furnished to a selection board convened under section 611(a) of this title that is considering officers in a health-professions competitive category for promotion to a grade below colonel or, in the case of the Navy, captain, a direction that the board give consideration to an officer’s clinical proficiency and skill as a health professional to at least as great an extent as the board gives to the officer’s administrative and management skills.”.