BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 41-201
10 OCTOBER 2017
Health Services
MANAGING CLINICAL ENGINEERING
PROGRAMS
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-Publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AFMOA/SGAL
Supersedes: AFI 41-201, 15 October 2014
Certified by: AF/SG3
(Maj Gen Roosevelt Allen)
Pages: 59
This publication implements the Clinical Engineering support policy in Air Force Policy
Directive (AFPD) 41-2, Medical Support. The Clinical Engineering program combines Medical
Equipment Maintenance, Electrical Safety, and Facility Management to ensure efficient,
effective, and coordinated technical services to support the United States Air Force Medical
Service (AFMS). This instruction applies to all Air Force (AF), Air Force Reserve Command
(AFRC) and Air National Guard (ANG) medical activities. It prescribes requirements for
management of Clinical Engineering Programs in Air Force Military Treatment Facilities
(MTFs). The Clinical Engineering Program includes Medical Equipment Maintenance, Electrical
Safety, and Facility Management. Note: For Medical Wings, references to Medical Logistics
Flight Commander (MLFC) and Medical Support Squadron Commander shall be interchanged
with Medical Logistics Squadron Commander and Medical Support Group Commander when
applicable. For ANG Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive
Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) units, references to Medical Logistics Flight
Commander (MLFC) and Medical Support Squadron Commander shall be interchanged with
Medical Administrator Officer and Medical Group Commander. This AFI may be supplemented
at any level, but all supplements will be routed to the Air Force Medical Operations Agency,
Medical Logistics Division (AFMOA/SGAL), 693 Neiman Street, 1st Floor, Fort Detrick, MD
21702 (email: usaf.detrick.afmoa.mbx.sgalo-mtf-ops-support@mail.mil) for coordination
prior to certification and approval. Refer recommended changes and questions about this
publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) using AF Form 847, Recommendation
for Change of Publication; route AF Form 847s from the field through Major Command
(MAJCOM) Publications/Forms Managers. The authorities to waive wing/unit level
