Specifically, the program serves individuals who may be unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety if their illness is not appropriately managed. The program is not a professional support network, a treatment provider, nor an enforcement agency. Program Reporting Regulated health professionals who cannot practice with reasonable skill and safety due to illness must report to the program or their board. Reporting to HPSP fulfills the reporting requirements related to illness as established in individual professional practice acts, and assuming the practitioner successfully completes the program, such reporting may be done with anonymity.
Reports submitted in accordance with statute are confidential and are immune from civil liability.
Eligibility Requirements To be eligible for the HPSP, a regulated health professional must be regulated by a participating board and must have the ability to practice with reasonable skill and safety when appropriate limitations and continuing care requirements are followed. Persons currently under a participating board's disciplinary order or corrective action agreement unless referred by the board. Persons accused of sexual misconduct. Persons who have diverted controlled substances for other than self administration. Persons whose continued practice would create a serious risk of harm to others.