This regulation:
- Implements Army policies and outlines procedures for the acquisition of materiel as it pertains to The Surgeon General’s responsibility for managing medical commodities.
- Establishes basic Army Medical Department policy and procedures to develop, and field medical materiel used by the Army.
- Supplements basic Army policies and procedures as outlined in AR 70-1 and AR 1000-1.
- Expands on the responsibilities for medical materiel development cited in AR 40-61.
