The PRN program has no financial relationship with any treatment program, provider, or individuals. All money for the Agency for Health Care Administration is obtained through licensing fees, and no tax revenue is involved. The program does not provide medical services. Physicians pay for their own medical care, and a loan fund and charitable services are available for those individuals without resources. Participants Confidentiality of medical records and participation in impaired physician programs is essential to the successful protection of the public.
Confidentiality permits open and honest communication and early treatment prior to public harm.
The Florida Medical Practice Act permits the confidential treatment of physicians with impairments. Participation is confidential unless there is failure to progress in recovery. The PRN program provides treatment, support, and referral for physicians in lieu of discipline, prior to discipline, or during discipline and post-discipline. Physicians with alleged sexual boundary violations in the practice of medicine are provided a full range of psychiatric services and monitoring should they be permitted to reenter the practice of medicine. Florida is the fourth largest state in the Union.