BOP Program Statement 6021.05 § 11

To be eligible for appointment to the Senior COSTEP program, an interested applicant must:

a. Be a United States citizen under the age of 44;

b. Meet the medical fitness standards prescribed for appointment and active duty as a career

officer;

c. Be enrolled in good standing in an accredited school of medicine, osteopathy, nursing,

physician assistant training, medical records administration, pharmacy, sanitary science,

computer science, dietetics, occupational therapy, physical therapy, dentistry, or engineering; be

eligible to enroll in the senior or final year of that school; and begin formal studies required as

part of the curriculum for the senior or final year on the date of entry on active duty;

d. Agree in writing to serve on active duty as a Commissioned Officer with PHS for twice the

PHS-sponsored training period, as stated in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

Personnel Manual;

e. Be free of any obligation or commitment that would conflict with extended active duty as a

Commissioned Officer (e.g., not being a member of a reserve or active duty component of any

other uniformed service); and

f. Agree to waive any entitlement to financial assistance, which would incur any obligation

(stipend or scholarship) in the final year of study, other than assistance from the Senior COSTEP.