BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE MANUAL 44-198
24 JANUARY 2019
Certified Current 5 October 2022
Medical
AIR FORCE CIVILIAN DRUG DEMAND
REDUCTION PROGRAM
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/SGB
Supersedes: AFI 90-508, 28 August 2014
Certified by: AFMOA/CC
(Brigadier General James H. Dienst)
Pages: 99
This Air Force Manual (AFMAN) implements Air Force Policy Directive 44-1, Medical
Operations. It applies to all Air Force Title 5 and Title 10 employees who work on Air Force, Air
National Guard and Air Force Reserve Bases; Air Reserve Technicians when in a civilian status;
tentative selectees for testing designated positions (TDPs); and, to contract employees when drug
testing is explicitly included in the employee’s contract. This Manual does not apply to Title 32
National Guard Dual Status and Non Dual Status Technicians who are regulated by National Guard
Technician Personnel Regulations and applicable regulations promulgated by the Chief of the
National Guard Bureau. The program covers full-time, part-time and intermittent Air Force Title
5 employees who are U.S. citizens paid from appropriated funds and non-appropriated funds. The
Air Force Civilian Drug Testing Program assigns responsibility for carrying out the program at
installation and higher Air Force levels.
This Manual requires the collection and or maintenance of information protected by the Privacy
Act of 1974 authorized by Title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.) 7301; 10 U.S.C. 8013; 42 U.S.C.
290dd-2, et seq.; Executive Order (EO) 11478; EO 12564; Numbering System for Federal
Accounts Relating to Individual Persons, November 22, 1943 as amended by EO 13478,
Amendments to EO 9397 Relating to Federal Agency Use of Social Security Numbers, November
18, 2008; DoD Instruction 1010.09; Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 44-197; and, AFI 44-121. The
applicable SORN System of Records Notices F044 AF SG I, Air Force Drug Testing Program,
and F044 Air Force Surgeon General, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Program, are available at: <http://dpcld.defense.gov/Privacy/SORNsIndex/>. The authorities to
waive wing/unit level requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2,
