Transmittal Notice 97-03
07/02/97
BACKGROUND
This is to transmit additional information to be included in the Indian Health Manual (IHM), Part 1, Chapter 4, "Organization of the Service." Manual Appendices 1-4-A and 1-4-B are hereby established to incorporate the Statement of Organization and Functions of the Indian Health Service (IHS), and approved organizational charts in the IHM. This Transmittal Notice (TN) establishes the statement of organizations and functions for IHS Headquarters, and the general statement of organization and functions for the general statements of organization and functions for the IHS Area Offices, as Manual Appendix 1-4-A. The IHS organizational charts are hereby established in the IHM as Manual Appendix 1-4-B. A revised IHM 1-4 will be transmitted in the near future.
Michael H. Trujillo, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Surgeon General
Director, Indian Health Service
MATERIAL TRANSMITTED
Manual Appendix 1-4-A, Statement of Organization and Functions, pages 1 through 24, and Manual Appendix 1-4-B, Organizational Charts, pages 1-7.
MATERIAL SUPERSEDED
None.
MANUAL MAINTENANCE
Insert the attached Manual Appendix 1-4-A behind the copy of Chapter 4 in your IHM Part 1 binder.
Log and file this TN in sequential order.
Distribution: PSD 557 (Indian Health Service Mailing Key)
Date: July 2, 1997
