The Army Regulation 350-1 Chapter 3, para 3-27 c. reads:
(1) Army Medical Department. All AMEDD officers will attend the AMEDD Officer Basic Course which is BOLC-B for the AMEDD. AMEDD RC officers will attend the AMEDD RC BOLC-B and will integrate with the AMEDD RA BOLC-B during their FTX phase. Attendance at the AMEDD RC BOLC-B will occur after completion of the AMEDD RC BOLC-B Phase 1 DL.
(a) AMEDD Direct Commissioned Officers are officers without ROTC, OCS, USMA, NGB OCS or WOCS experience to include officers with enlisted Basic Combat Training, and officers with pre-commissioning training from sister services (USAF, USN, etc.).
(b) Effective 1 October 2017, all direct commissioned AMEDD officers assessed into the U.S. Army will attend the AMEDD Direct Commissioned Course (DCC) conducted at Fort Sill, OK. All AMEDD direct commissioned officers must attend the AMEDD DCC prior to attendance of BOLC-B. (c) AMEDD direct commissioned officers assessed into the U.S. Army prior to 30 September 2017 will only be required to attend BOLC-B and will be grandfathered for the AMEDD DCC requirement.
(d) All AMEDD direct commissioned officers of all components will attend the four week AMEDD DCC. The only exception are ARNG and USAR Medical Corps, Dental corps, and Veterinarian corps officers who will attend the three week AMEDD DCC.
(e) The waiver / exception to policy approval authority for AMEDD DCC attendance is the HQDA G-3/5/7. This authority may be further delegated to the appropriate directorate or division overseeing officer training.
