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214.32 PROGRAM OPERATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
    Subdivision 1. Management. (a) A Health Professionals Services Program Committee
is established, consisting of one person appointed by each participating board, with each
participating board having one vote. The committee shall designate one board to provide
administrative management of the program, set the program budget and the pro rata share of
program expenses to be borne by each participating board, provide guidance on the general
operation of the program, including hiring of program personnel, and ensure that the program's
direction is in accord with its authority. If the participating boards change which board is
designated to provide administrative management of the program, any appropriation remaining for
the program shall transfer to the newly designated board on the effective date of the change. The
participating boards must inform the appropriate legislative committees and the commissioner of
finance of any change in the administrative management of the program, and the amount of any
appropriation transferred under this provision.
    (b) The designated board, upon recommendation of the Health Professional Services Program
Committee, shall hire the program manager and employees and pay expenses of the program from
funds appropriated for that purpose. The designated board may apply for grants to pay program
expenses and may enter into contracts on behalf of the program to carry out the purposes of the
program. The participating boards shall enter into written agreements with the designated board.
    (c) An advisory committee is established to advise the program committee consisting of:
    (1) one member appointed by each of the following: the Minnesota Academy of Physician
Assistants, the Minnesota Dental Association, the Minnesota Chiropractic Association, the
Minnesota Licensed Practical Nurse Association, the Minnesota Medical Association, the
Minnesota Nurses Association, and the Minnesota Podiatric Medicine Association;
    (2) one member appointed by each of the professional associations of the other professions
regulated by a participating board not specified in clause (1); and
    (3) two public members, as defined by section 214.02.
Members of the advisory committee shall be appointed for two years and members may be
reappointed.
    Subd. 2. Services. (a) The program shall provide the following services to program
participants:
(1) referral of eligible regulated persons to qualified professionals for evaluation, treatment,
and a written plan for continuing care consistent with the regulated person's illness. The referral
shall take into consideration the regulated person's financial resources as well as specific needs;
(2) development of individualized program participation agreements between participants
and the program to meet the needs of participants and protect the public. An agreement may
include, but need not be limited to, recommendations from the continuing care plan, practice
monitoring, health monitoring, practice restrictions, random drug screening, support group
participation, filing of reports necessary to document compliance, and terms for successful
completion of the regulated person's program; and
(3) monitoring of compliance by participants with individualized program participation
agreements or board orders.
(b) The program may develop services related to sections 214.31 to 214.37 for employers
and colleagues of regulated persons from participating boards.
    Subd. 3. Participant costs. Each program participant shall be responsible for paying for
the costs of physical, psychosocial, or other related evaluation, treatment, laboratory monitoring,
and random drug screens.
    Subd. 4. Eligibility. Admission to the health professional services program is available to
a person regulated by a participating board who is unable to practice with reasonable skill and
safety by reason of illness, use of alcohol, drugs, chemicals, or any other materials, or as a result
of any mental, physical, or psychological condition. Admission in the health professional services
program shall be denied to persons:
(1) who have diverted controlled substances for other than self-administration;
(2) who have been terminated from this or any other state professional services program
for noncompliance in the program;
(3) currently under a board disciplinary order or corrective action agreement, unless referred
by a board;
(4) regulated under sections 214.17 to 214.25, unless referred by a board or by the
commissioner of health;
(5) accused of sexual misconduct; or
(6) whose continued practice would create a serious risk of harm to the public.
    Subd. 5. Completion; voluntary termination; discharge. A regulated person completes
the program when the terms of the program participation agreement are fulfilled. A regulated
person may voluntarily terminate participation in the health professionals service program at
any time by reporting to the person's board. The program manager may choose to discharge a
regulated person from the program and make a referral to the person's board at any time for
reasons including but not limited to: the degree of cooperation and compliance by the regulated
person, the inability to secure information or the medical records of the regulated person, or
indication of other possible violations of the regulated person's practice act. The regulated person
shall be notified in writing by the program manager of any change in the person's program status.
A regulated person who has been terminated or discharged from the program may be referred
back to the program for monitoring.
History: 1994 c 556 s 3; 1997 c 192 s 31; 1998 c 407 art 2 s 94; 2000 c 284 s 11; 2001 c
161 s 41; 2003 c 87 s 51; 2007 c 123 s 131

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