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Board executive officer reports review, recommends ending routine EO reviews of intervention cases; suspends certain work/medication requirements pending safety
Summary
The IEC heard an executive officer update reporting a reduction in cases requiring review, the suspension of blanket requirements that participants return to direct patient care or pass narcotics absent patient-safety evidence, and a proposal to shift routine reviews back to the program manager; no public comments were received.
Loretta Melvior Laurie, the board—s executive officer, told the Intervention Evaluation Committee (IEC 7) that the board moved to suspend imposing requirements that intervention-program participants be required to return to direct patient care or to pass narcotics unless there is "additional evidence of patient safety issues." She said the review followed multiple public complaints and a board motion; 22 case reviews were presented to staff after that motion and cases lacking supporting evidence were returned to IECs for reconsideration.
The update described a multi-month "deep dive" into the intervention program prompted by complaints that some…
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