SUBJECT: Impaired Practitioners’ Act
The Florida medical Practice Act (F.S. 458), the Legislature, Department of Professional Regulation, Board of Medicine, and medical profession continue to affirm their commitment to public safety by continuing to authorize the Florida Impaired practitioners program. Identical impaired practitioner provisions also govern the professions of osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, podiatry, and nursing. The legislation provides: in some cases therapeutic alternative to disciplinary process; in other cases, therapeutic intervention and treatment concurrent with disciplinary action; recognition that illness and recovery are mitigating factors in Board disciplinary proceedings; licensee an opportunity to reenter practice after satisfactorily completing treatment and progressing satisfactorily in recovery; increased incentive for early interventions and treatment. Information on the physicians Recovery Network and its program can be obtained by calling 1-800-888-8PRN (8776) or by writing to Physicians Recovery network, PO Box 1881, Fernandina Beach, Florida 32034.
SUBJECT: Impaired Practitioners’ Act
The Florida medical Practice Act (F.S. 458), the Legislature, Department of Professional Regulation, Board of Medicine, and medical profession continue to affirm their commitment to public safety by continuing to authorize the Florida Impaired practitioners program. Identical impaired practitioner provisions also govern the professions of osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, podiatry, and nursing. The legislation provides: in some cases therapeutic alternative to disciplinary process; in other cases, therapeutic intervention and treatment concurrent with disciplinary action; recognition that illness and recovery are mitigating factors in Board disciplinary proceedings; licensee an opportunity to reenter practice after satisfactorily completing treatment and progressing satisfactorily in recovery; increased incentive for early interventions and treatment. Information on the physicians Recovery Network and its program can be obtained by calling 1-800-888-8PRN (8776) or by writing to Physicians Recovery network, PO Box 1881, Fernandina Beach, Florida 32034.
