PRN organization information as of 5/2014:
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
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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