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The purpose of the overall rule is to implement policy, assign responsibilities, and provide procedures for DoD personnel identification. The first subpart establishes policy and assigns responsibility for the procedures associated with the DEERS; establishes procedures to use identification (ID) cards in the DoD and to ensure access to DoD benefits (e.g., healthcare, commissary, exchange); establishes DEERS as the authoritative data source for: identity and verification of affiliation with the DoD; TRICARE medical and dental enrollments and medical, dental, and pharmacy eligibility; patient registration, demographic information, and separation data for the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) and DoD interoperable Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHR-M). It also establishes the Real-time Automated Personnel Identification System (RAPIDS) as the registration tool and the definitive data source for DEERS for eligible dependents; establishes policy for DoD person ID and how the DoD uniquely identifies persons who are authorized benefits; and ensures the minimal use of the social security number (SSN) in these systems. The second subpart establishes implementation guidelines for DS Logon. DS Logon provides a secure means of authentication to personally identifiable information (PII) and personal health information (PHI) for all beneficiaries and other individuals with a continuing affiliation with DoD.