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Intervention committee: mental-health-only participants need not follow substance-use uniform standards
Summary
The Board of Registered Nursing's Intervention Evaluation Committee was told that participants whose issues are mental-health-only need not follow the board's substance-use uniform standards; committees may accept clinical evaluations, are not required to mandate drug testing or sobriety documentation, and may tailor return-to-work timing.
Loretta Melbby, introduced to the committee as the executive officer for this agenda item, told the Board of Registered Nursing Intervention Evaluation Committee on Feb. 25, 2026, that participants in the board's intervention program with mental-health-only diagnoses are not required to follow the board's uniform standards that apply to substance-use cases.
"The mental health only participant...does not have to follow the uniform standards," Melbby said, adding that committees "can do a clinical evaluation or you can accept their clinical evaluation from their established provider" and that "you do not have to require them to do any...drug testing." She said sobriety documentation and the…
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