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(a) Those Nurse Corps specialties not required to be privileged to practice will be
required to be credentialed and practicing the specialty at a facility designated by the Surgeon
General, in the Nurse Corps specialty for which the RB is being paid.
(b) The Chief, BUMED, may also approve recommendations on a case by case basis
for RB payments to individuals assigned to positions requiring a substantial portion of time
performing military-unique duties under adverse conditions, or in remote locations outside the
United States, or that preclude the ability to spend appropriate time in a clinical setting. Requests
for waivers may be submitted by the member per paragraph 2a(4) above.
(12) Psychiatric Nurse (1930) must be LCDR/O-4 and below and must enter Duty Under
Instruction (DUINS) for Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (1973) program to be eligible to enter
a 6 year RB at the annual rate of $10,000. The RB will start the day prior to the start of the
Mental Nurse Practitioner (1973) program, the RB obligation will run concurrent with the
Mental Health Nurse Practitioner training, and obligation, for the length of the RB. The request
must be submitted prior to starting the DUINS, and no earlier than 60 days prior to the effective
date of the RB.
(14) Other than the specialties listed below who are eligible to enter DUINS while under
an RB, no other specialty is eligible to enter DUINS while under an RB.
(15) CRNA (1972), under an RB may enter a Duty Under Instruction (DUINS) CRNA
Ph.D. Clinical Research Program while under an RB agreement. The obligation for the RB will
be concurrent with the CRNA Ph.D DUINS program, and obligation, for the length of the RB
agreement, but must be effective and submitted prior to the start date of the DUINS.
(16) Critical Care Nurse under an RB may enter a Duty Under Instruction (DUINS)
Master’s Degree Program for Critical Care while under an RB agreement.
(17) For Nurse Specialties Medical Surgical (1910) and Emergency Room (1945), with an
approved graduate degree qualifying for a primary specialty code with an educational suffix of
“Q” or “C” according to the Navy Nurse Corps Subspecialty Code Management Guidance are
eligible for an RB.
b. Service-Unique Requirements. Based on Service-unique requirements, the Chief,
BUMED, may decline to offer an RB to Nurses or may restrict the length of an RB contract
based on service needs or requirements.
c. Termination and Renegotiation of Prior RB. Subject to acceptance by the Chief,
BUMED, an officer with an existing RB contract, who has served at least half of the existing
contract, may request termination of that contract, to enter into a new RB contract with an equal
or longer obligation, at the RB annual rate in effect at the time of execution of the new RB
contract. The new obligation period shall not retroactively cover any portion or period that was
executed under the old contract.