Division of Professional Health Monitoring Programs
 
General Information
 

The Professional Health Monitoring Programs (PHMP) of the Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs (BPOA) provides a method by which professionals suffering from a physical or mental impairment, such as chemical dependency, may be directed to appropriate treatment and receive monitoring to ensure that they can safely practice their licensed profession.   PHMP comprises two programs, the Voluntary Recovery Program (VRP) and the Disciplinary Monitoring Unit (DMU). 

 

The primary responsibility of the PHMP is to protect the citizens of the Commonwealth from unsafe practice by Commonwealth-licensed practitioners diagnosed with physical and/or mental impairments. This responsibility is fulfilled through the identification and referral to appropriate treatment of such licensed professionals, and the case management and monitoring of their progress in recovery for a period of at least three years.

 

While in the PHMP, licensees must submit to random body fluid toxicology screenings; abstain from the use of prohibited substances; comply with the recommendations made by their PHMP-approved treatment provider(s); submit to monitoring of their practice by a workplace monitor; actively attend support group meetings as recommended by the PHMP-approved treatment provider and approved by the PHMP; and abide by all other terms and conditions of the program and the licensing board’s consent agreement or board order.