§ 2350t. Military medical cooperation arrangements among Five Eyes countries

• (a) The Secretary of Defense may enter into a bilateral or multilateral memorandum of understanding or other formal agreement with one or more governments of the Five Eyes countries to support military medical cooperation or improve operational medical interoperability.
• (b) In this section:
  • (1) The term “Five Eyes countries” means the following:
    • (A) Australia.
    • (B) Canada.
    • (C) New Zealand.
    • (D) The United Kingdom.
  • (2) The term “military medical cooperation” means any of the following:
    • (A) Information exchange.
    • (B) Medical interoperability, including credentialing of health care personnel.
    • (C) Medical education, training, exercises, and evaluation.
    • (D) Medical research, development, trials, and evaluation.
    • (E) Biodefense, including with respect to prevention, preparation, response, and investigation.
    • (F) Medical logistics, including the recognition of MedCM, drugs and medical equipment.
    • (G) Patient movement.
    • (H) Any other areas for cooperation designated by the Secretary of Defense.
  • (3) The term “military medicine” means any of the following:
    • (A) Combat casualty care including trauma.
    • (B) Military infectious disease.
    • (C) Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear medical support.
    • (D) Deployed health care delivery.
    • (E) Public health, health readiness, and force health protection.
    • (F) Mental health.
    • (G) Humanitarian response.
    • (H) Anomalous health incidents.
    • (I) Mass casualty management.
    • (J) Any other areas of military medicine designated by the Secretary of Defense.