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Committee recommends extending physician health program to former licensees
Summary
The Workforce Development Committee voted to give House Bill 1039 a "do pass" recommendation. The bill would allow the North Dakota Board of Medicine to use board funds to enroll formerly licensed clinicians in the state's Physician Health Program to help them access treatment and a pathway back to licensure.
The Workforce Development Committee recommended a "do pass" on House Bill 1039 at a committee hearing, a measure that would allow the North Dakota Board of Medicine to use board funds, as authorized by the Legislature, to enroll former licensees in the Physician Health Program (PHP) and provide a pathway back to licensure and the workforce.
The bill matters because the PHP offers treatment placement and monitoring that participants and the board say can help clinicians who have left practice address health problems and return to clinical work. Supporters told the committee the program operates separately from licensing to encourage voluntary participation.
Sandra de Puntas, executive director of the North Dakota Board of Medicine, told the committee that the board has contracted with a separate PHP entity since 2015 so "the licensee…
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