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DA Form 3180-3 is a Department of the Army form in the DA series. Title of record: CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PERSONNEL RELIABILITY PROGRAM (PRP) STATUS REPORT. Function: chemical and biological personnel reliability program (prp) status report. The edition presently published bears the date 09/01/2022, with a status of ACTIVE. Physical extent is 1 page(s) and about 90 fillable fields.
Proponency for the form rests with G-3/5/7. The governing authority is AR 50-6, which establishes the circumstances of use and the required routing. Preparation falls to the individual named in the entries or to the unit administrator acting on that individual's behalf; review and signature follow the chain set out in the governing authority. A later edition of this form exists. The edition shown here is superseded and is retained for reference and for records already executed on it.
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What the form asks for
- Biological_PRP
- Chemical_BRP
- Date
- Date_Report
- Initial_Function
- Line1
- Name_POC
- Organization
- POC_Phone
- Page1
- Part_III_Civilian1
- Part_III_Civilian2
- Part_III_Civilian3
- Part_III_Civilian4
- Part_III_Civilian5
- Part_III_Civilian6
- Part_III_Civilian7
- Part_III_Civilian8
- Part_III_Contractor1
- Part_III_Contractor2
- Part_III_Contractor3
- Part_III_Contractor4
- Part_III_Contractor5
- Part_III_Contractor6
The blocks are worked through in the order they appear on the sheet. At the head sit the identifying entries: name, identification number, unit, date. Because the filed record is indexed on these, they precede everything substantive.
Typed entry is made straight into the interactive fields. The tab key moves through them in the order set at build time, generally matching the reading order of the page. Boxes and buttons respond to a click; in an exclusive group, one selection cancels the others. Single-line fields do not wrap, and anything longer than the field width prints cut off although it may still display in full on screen. Extended text goes to remarks or a continuation sheet rather than into a narrow box.
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Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 3180-3?
- CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PERSONNEL RELIABILITY PROGRAM (PRP) STATUS REPORT
- Which edition is current?
- 09/01/2022
- Who is responsible for this form?
- G-3/5/7
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, PDF