Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 2310.08E
June 6, 2006
USD(P&R)
SUBJECT: Medical Program Support for Detainee Operations
References: (a) Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) Memorandum, “Medical
Program Principles and Procedures for the Protection and Treatment of
Detainees in the Custody of the Armed Forces of the United States,” June 3,
2005 (hereby canceled)
(b) DoD Directive 5100.77, “DoD Law of War Program,” December 9, 1998
(c) DoD Directive 2310.01E, “The DoD Detainee Program,” August 18, 1994,
under revision
(d) DoD Directive 5136.1, “Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
(ASD(HA)),” May 27, 1994
(e) through (k) see Enclosure 1
1.
PURPOSE
This Instruction:
1.1. Reissues Reference (a) as a DoD Instruction.
1.2. Establishes policy and assigns responsibility, consistent with References (b) through (d),
DoD Directive 3115.09, and Section 1403 of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (References (e)
and (f)) for medical program support for detainee operations.
1.3. Reaffirms the responsibility of health care personnel to protect and treat, in the context
of a professional treatment relationship and established principles of medical practice, all
detainees in the control of the Armed Forces during military operations. This includes enemy
prisoners of war, retained personnel, civilian internees, and other detainees.
2.
APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE
This Instruction applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector
General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all
