HPRP get legal advice first

maryner · May 21, 2011

I cant go through that program anymore, i suffer from major depression and cannot drive.

all_over_again · May 24, 2011

I was reported to the board in May and was not suspended until February of the next year. If someone isn't depressed when she enters HPRP, she will be soon.

Why does depression prevent you from driving?

If you want to be a nurse, you have to play their game their way. HPRP employees have such a low collective IQ that they are incapable of the flexibility required to design individual programs based on individual needs. They have written a program manual and follow it unwaiveringly, kind of like low-tech robots.

If I had known how miserable they were going to make my life, I would have used whatever available credit I had left and retained an attorney.

lifeistweet · May 25, 2011

What do you mean by "case closed"? Are you done with the program or have they kicked you out? You can petition to be readmitted. I know two or three RN's in my group who had to petition to get back into HPRP. Get your addictionist or therapist to assist you. HPRP is getting strict about those who won't follow the program. Keep doing all of the things they request while you are working on getting back into HPRP. Hope this helps.

maryner · Jun 5, 2011

I cannot petition to get back in the program because I was a regulatory participant which means i have actions against my healthcare license. i cant drive due to duis, so i missed group and a few drug screens as a result! That program is miserable.

all_over_again · Jun 5, 2011

maryner, don't assume you cannot get back in. It isn't true. I dropped out several years ago as a non-confidential participant and they let me back in.

I know that I seem angry and bitter, and I am, but I know where my bread gets buttered and sadly, its HPRP. Take time off if you need to. Get treatment. Then reapply. If the board refuses to take you, you will get a hearing and the judge can order you to participate. It takes a lot of time and patience, but

it has worked for me. I still hate my program but I over 4 years clean time and will eventually be able to work as a nurse again.

*healthy vibes out to you*

maryner · Jun 6, 2011

I am a confidential participant. :crying2:

all_over_again · Jun 12, 2011

maryner, do you really understand the difference between confidential and non-confidential monitoring? I'm beginning to wonder...

maryner · Jun 15, 2011

Yes, non confidential means there were license sanctions imposed, these suspensions show up on the licensure look up on mich.gov. Confidential means no sanctions have been imposed on ones license.

bluemoon&butterly · Sep 27, 2011

Do any of you know what happens if you are non-regulatory and they cancel your contract? What would the next steps be?

At the same time, if they are asking me to do a five-panel hair sample (but at the same time stated, "well, there's a little more to it than that" when I asked: "so I should tell the collector it's a five panel hair sample?") what does that entail? Do they usually at ethanol to that or is that a case-by-case basis?

I would appreciate any information. I'm going on four years after voluntary reporting to HPRP. And I think my depression/moods/anxiety has only gotten worse and worse since. They concentrate on the abuse/addiction and not what may have CAUSED this (abuse, eating disorders, depression). And they make the program so exclusive that only people who specialize in this area treat you so you're not treating what is the "main" problem. At least in my case. There are underlying factors that I can't afford (time or money) to treat because the program is so time-consuming and costly already!

This is getting very frustrating. And I'm about ready to change professions.