School Contacts - Click on Names for information:
Cherry W. Jackson, Pharm.D., BCPP - Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University
Alumnus of the University of Utah School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies
Valarie Prince Pharm.D. - McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Samford University
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PRN organization information as of 11/2012:
Alabama State Board of Pharmacy
The Board Of Pharmacy Wellness Program (BOPWELLNESS)
Dr. Michael C. Garver, D.M.D. Director
Alabama Board of Pharmacy Wellness Program
BOPWELLNESS: 205-981-2273 or : 251-866-5585
Fax: 251-252-9112 Website: www.albop.com
BOPWELLNESS@GMAIL.COM
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The Board of Pharmacy has a program that encourages voluntary reporting, assists in evaluation and treatment referrals and with cooperation on the part of the affected individual will support re-entry to the profession.
In 1989 the Board, through law, established an advisory panel that the Board relies on for guidance on issues of the recovering pharmacist. The program is comprised of representatives from the pharmacy community that are interested in these issues and a Pharmacy Wellness Program Director, Mike Garver. (Mike is the only person who knows the identity of the referrals to the Pharmacy Wellness Program.)
The Mission of the program is to promote the early identification, intervention, rehabilitation, monitoring and successful re-entry of recovering pharmacists, interns, and pharmacy technicians into the profession. BOPWELLNESS will also provide ongoing education regarding issues of recovery.
The program has developed suggested policies and procedures for Board approval regarding every aspect of assisting the recovering pharmacist and his/her family. This covers everything from reporting, to getting a thorough evaluation of the individual’s specific case with specialists, to appropriate treatment referrals, to assistance in preparing for a Board hearing.
Through the Pharmacy Wellness Program Director, the Board monitors the pharmacist upon successful completion of treatment with the goal of re-entry to the profession through ongoing support and monitoring for five years. While this may seem lengthy and perhaps invasive, monitoring provides the most reliable form of accountability, which, in the interest of public protection, enables the Board to allow people back to work safely. Monitoring provides a measure of legal protection for the affected individual and is also the number one reason why the recovery rates are so high for healthcare professionals!