Sec. 722. Selection of directors of military treatment facilities and tours of duty of such directors
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Not later than January 1, 2019, the Secretary of Defense shall do the following: Develop the common qualifications and core competencies required of military and civilian individuals for selection as directors of military treatment facilities. Establish a minimum length for the tour of duty of a member of the Armed Forces serving as a director of a military treatment facility. In developing common qualifications and core competencies under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall include standards with respect to the following:
Professional competence. Moral and ethical integrity and character. Formal education in healthcare executive leadership and healthcare management. Such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate. The objective of the Secretary in developing such qualifications and competencies shall be to ensure that the individuals selected as directors of military treatment facilities are highly qualified to serve as health system executives in a medical treatment facility of the Armed Forces.
Except as provided in paragraph (2), in the case of a director of a military treatment facility who is a member of the Armed Forces, the length of the tour of duty of any such director assigned to such position after January 1, 2019, may not be shorter than the longer of— the length established pursuant to subsection (a)(2); or three years. The Secretary may authorize a tour of duty of a member of the Armed Forces serving as a director of a military treatment facility of a shorter length than is otherwise provided for in paragraph
(1)if the Secretary determines, in the discretion of the Secretary, that there is good cause for a tour of duty in such position of shorter length. Any such determination shall be made on a case-by-case basis.