Department of the Navy

The primary documents that provide direction for this Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) manual are Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 8570.1, "Information Assurance Training, Certification, and Workforce Management" (reference (a)) and DoD 8570.01 Manual, "Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program" (reference (b)). This SECNAV manual must be used in conjunction with reference (b) as it does not repeat the detailed levels and functions in the DoD manual. References (c) through (pp) pertain to Information Assurance Workforce (IAWF) management guidance and are contained in Appendix A.

This Department of Navy (DON) policy assigns responsibility and prescribes procedures for the referral, evaluation, treatment, and administrative management of service-members who are directed by their commands for mental health evaluation and/or assessment of risk for potentially dangerous behavior. This policy establishes the rights of service-members referred by their commands for mental health evaluations and establishes procedures for outpatient and inpatinet mental health evaluations that will provide protection to members referred by their commands for such evaluations. This policy also provides guidance to mental health care providers and commanding officers on evaluation, treatment, and administrative management of service-members who may suffer from serious mental disorders and who may be immediately or potentially dangerous.