Recorded presentation

Marilyn Jean Raymond, PT, PhD, Michigan Physical Therapy Association, Wayne State University, Hutzel Hospital OB/GYN Medical Education Office-5C, 4707 St. Antoine Blvd., Detroit, MI 48201, 313.745-6590, mraymond@med.wayne.edu and Stephen Tackitt, RS MPH, Department of Public Health, Envornmental Health Division, 5454 South Venoy, Wayne, MI, MI 48184.

The Michigan Legislature established the Health Professional Recovery Program (HPRP) in 1993 as a voluntary alternative to regulatory discipline for substance use or mental/emotional disorders. The program covers all nineteen health care professions credentialed (e.g., licensed, registered, or certified) in Michigan. The HPRP functions to protect the public from delivery of unsafe, health care services provided by impaired health care professionals. Further, it addresses the treatable diseases of substance use or mental/emotional disorders among health providers who are otherwise qualified to practice. Services provided range from community education to client referral, evaluation, intervention and discharge according to his/her status and needs. Prior to the HPRP, health care professionals with these problems may have avoided seeking treatment for fear of discovery and regulatory action by their professional licensing boards.

Program operations began on April 1, 1994 and continue to date. This session details how the program is administered and reports findings on 1,048 program participants over a eight year time period from April 1, 1994 through March 31, 2002. These findings include an overall 70% compliance rate with program policies and procedures

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