Information updated as of 10/2017
Editor’s Note: At this time I do not have any Pharmacists as possible contacts for Pharmacists seeking
recovery to network with. If you would be interest, let me know. Thanks, Charlie Broussard
Model: Health Care Association, Bureau Health Care Services
Eligible for Pharmacists, Student Pharmacists, and Technicians
Pharmacists Helping Pharmacists Council
Michigan
Pharmacists Association
815 N. Washington Avenue, Lansing,
Michigan 48906
Phone #: (517) 484-1466
Health Professionals Recovery Program 1-800-453-3784
Website: http://hprp.org
The State of Michigan’s Health Professionals Recovery Program (HPRP) was established in 1994 by legislation. This program is administered through a contract with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Professional Licensing and is supported by various health professional licensing boards and the associations and societies of the health professions in the State. The HPRP supports the recovery of its participants so they may safely return to practice and protect the safety of the general public.
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This 501(c)(3) (Tax Exempt) organization is part of the Michigan Pharmacists Association, and reports annually to the House of Delegates about their progress. It is free standing/separate from the Pharmacy State Board. A bill was passed and they work with Compass Vision, the group that won the bid for the contract from the state. This program is funded with an increase in the license fees for the 16 professions it services. All pharmacists and Pharmacy Students sign a contract with the HPRP and they must get in touch with the PHP chairperson, Marlene Delp Fichter former chairperson wrote: “ I then ask them to take a recovering pharmacist as one of their sponsors. We have Pharm-Aid (12 step program)) in four areas around the state. In their contract they must attend one Pharm-Aid meeting per month. The council members (advocates committee) report to me about their progress. For some pharmacists, I must write quarterly reports for the corporation or state about their progress, otherwise their recovering pharmacist sponsor writes the report.”
What about funding? The organization does not charge client fees. It not receives funding through license renewal fees, but the HPRP does.
HPRP serves 16 different professions