evacuation policy
1. Command decision establishing the maximum number of days that patients may be held within the command for treatment. Patients who, in the opinion of responsible medical officers, cannot be returned to a duty status within the period prescribed are evacuated by the first available means, provided the travelinvolved will not aggravate their disabilities.
2. A commanddecision concerning the movement of civilians from the proximityof military operations for security and safety reasons andinvolving the need to arrange for movement, reception, care, andcontrol of such individuals.
3. Command policy concerning theevacuation of unserviceable or abandoned materiel and includingdesignation of channels and destinations for evacuated materiel,the establishment of controls and procedures, and the dissemination of condition standards and dispositioninstructions. See also evacuation; patient.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.