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Policy
Directive
NPD 1800.2E
Effective Date: March 08, 2023
Expiration Date: March 08, 2028
COMPLIANCE IS MANDATORY FOR NASA EMPLOYEES
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Subject: NASA Occupational Health Program

Responsible Office: Office of the Chief Health & Medical Officer



1. POLICY


This directive establishes policy to ensure, to the extent possible, all NASA work environments, on Earth and in space, are safe, healthy, environmentally sound, and secure through compliance with all applicable Occupational Health (OH) laws and regulatory requirements, professional standards, and NASA program requirements across all program disciplines (i.e., Occupational Medicine, Industrial Hygiene, Health Physics, Health Promotion Wellness and Fitness, Federal Workers' Compensation, Food Safety, and Employee Assistance).

2. APPLICABILITY

a. This directive is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers.

b. This directive is applicable to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), only to the extent specified in the NASA/Caltech Prime Contract.

c. This directive is applicable to other contractors, recipients of grants or cooperative agreements, or parties to other agreements only to the extent specified in contracts, grants or cooperative agreement, or other agreements.

d. In this directive, all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements containing the term "shall." The terms "may" or "can" denote discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended, but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material.

e. In this directive, all document citations are assumed to be the latest version unless otherwise noted.

3. AUTHORITY

a. Health Services Programs, 5 U.S.C. § 7901.

b. Occupational Safety and Health, 29 U.S.C. § 668.

c. National Aeronautics and Space Act, 51 U.S.C. § 20113(a).

4. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS AND FORMS

None.

5. RESPONSIBILITY

a. The Chief Health and Medical Officer (CHMO) ensures the OH Program complies with all applicable laws and regulatory requirements, professional standards, and NASA program requirements, across all OH Program disciplines through evaluation, monitoring, and recommendations for continual improvement of each discipline's elements.

b. The Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) ensures the NASA OH Program is effectively implemented and operated.

c. The Director, Health and Medical Systems, oversees the OH Program and ensures compliance with programmatic, statutory, and regulatory guidelines and policy.

d. Mission Directorate Associate Administrators ensure their organizations implement the NASA OH Program at the NASA Centers where they operate.

e. Center Directors ensure the NASA OH Program is effectively implemented, budgeted, and operated at their respective Centers.

f. NASA supervisors implement OH Program disciplines and facilitate employee participation to the maximum extent possible.

6. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY

None.

7. MEASUREMENT/VERIFICATION

None.

8. CANCELLATION

NPD 1800.2D, NASA Occupational Health Program, dated August 12, 2016.

/s/ Bill Nelson
Administrator


ATTACHMENT A: DEFINITIONS

Center. Centers, Component Facilities, Technical and Service Support Centers, other NASA installations, the NASA Office of JPL Management and Oversight, and OCHMO for NASA Headquarters. Center Director. The official in charge of each Center as defined above.

ATTACHMENT B: ACRONYMS

CHMO Chief Health and Medical Officer

FFRDC Federally Funded Research and Development Center

JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory

OCHMO Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer

OH Occupational Health

NPD NASA Policy Directive

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