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    Health Professionals Services Program Committee

    Also known as:
    Minnesota Health Professionals Services Program
    Active dates:1994 -
    Authority:
    Minn. Stat. 214.32 Subd. 1(a)
    1994 Minn. Laws Chap. 556 Sec. 3 Subd. 1
    Function:

    The Health Professionals Services Program (HPSP) promotes early intervention, diagnosis and treatment for health professionals with substance, mental health and other medical disorders that may impact their ability to practice safely. HPSP’s primary focus is to protect the public by assuring that health professionals receive appropriate care and intervention when needed. HPSP coordinates the illness management of health professionals and provides them with monitoring services. Health professionals engage in HPSP services both voluntarily and through Board intervention.

    History:

    In 2000, legislation made it mandatory for all health licensing Boards to participate in HPSP (Minn. Stat. 214.28 to 214.29). Then, in 2006, the Department of Health worked with the legislature to establish a change enabling Occupational Therapy Practitioners and Assistants, Audiologists, Speech-Language Pathologists, Hearing Instrument Dispensers, and Complementary and Alternative Health Care Practitioners to also be eligible for HPSP program services, according to a 2011 report.
    Related to:
    Advisory Committee to the Program Committee of the Health Professionals Services Program
    Membership:

    The Health Professionals Services Program Committee consists of one person appointed by each participating board, with each participating board having one vote.

    Entries for this agency in the Annual Compilation and Statistical Report of Multi-Member Agencies Report: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001.

    Note: This report provides membership details as well as meeting information and a summary of the group's activities.

    Internet resource:
    Health Professionals Services Program
    Reports:
    Report to the Sunset Commission: Part I - Board of Dentistry -- Part II - Health Professional Services Program (December 2011)
    Note: The Legislative Reference Library may have additional reports on or by this group available through our catalog.
    Documents/Articles:
    News clippings and documents. Agencies Notebook Collection, 2017.
    Record last updated: 04/01/2025
     

    All information on this group from the Library’s collection of agency notebooks has been digitized. These materials are incorporated into the “documents/articles” section of the record. Please contact a librarian with any questions. The Minnesota Agencies database is a work in progress.

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