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Were these labs affiliated with recoverytrek or on their list? You should ask the professional monitoring agency if this is an okay procedure for labs to follow. This sounds completely ridiculous! Should publicize their ridiculousness.

I'm not really sure, I just thought it was different by state and program. In SC, everyone uses Recoverytrek, for daily check in and to record your AA/NA meetings. it gives me anxiety every time I have to check in in the morning. You'...

Thank you for posting your thoughts and what you went thru. It helps!

My understanding from others is that most all companies will give you malpractice if you show the monitoring agency is in support of you working and they can send a letter. The rates will be higher in the beginning I've been told.

Reading from other board orders and experiences, it's hard to tell what happens when you test positive on a Urine ETG/ETS? Are there confirmatory tests such as making you do a Peth blood test or hair etg test? Or do you get sent straight to inpatie...

That's rough! Anecdotally, I've heard people failing hire a Urine ETG/ETS and then getting sent to a 4 day evaluation an approved center, which costs $4000 or around there! And everyone in this business is about CYA rather than what's best for the...

You're right - why can't these programs be standardized? And they actually market themselves as evidence-based. Most all of the monitoring programs for physicians don't differ that much from state to state. I'm not sure for PAs, optometrist...

SC - as in SCRPP

Got it, good luck to you! They've switched here to having an end date when you finish the program - monitoring, etc. Usually 5 years long

Thanks for the link and support - since 2019? You are almost done with the program then?

Glad you came back! I was here early last year when I could see the traffic drop off sharply. I don't get it - you all can still talk about your issues, monitoring stuff, etc on here without anyone finding out. Just use an anonymous sounding scre...

UPDATE: I forgot to post - but yeah, the Peth DBS was negative. 3 drinks on an empty stomach, test after 20 days, no drinking the prior 7 weeks. Peth tests are becoming more common since they are easy to do, drops of blood with a finger p...

Get a lawyer who specializes in medical board issues and helping ppl get their license back (any field). can you provide some more details?

Jean80's post is correct. To add, they have cutoffs of etg when doing the hair etg test. They test the entire strand for etg and if it's below the cutoff, it will result in a negative. That's why 1 drinking episode probably won't show up on a ha...

My friend is in Virginia HPMP also, I'll try to get more information. But they seem to already have a good bit of info on their website, unlike mine! I'm in the dark for everything. like this handbook for toxicology testing. If a test is posi...

Because they put us in even more hoops to jump and more requirements for monitoring. My friend disclosed their bipolar disorder along with their alcohol abuse, so she had to go to a substance use rehab, in addition to a PHP for psychiatry, followups...

Most monitoring agencies also have a program to monitor and help you for your mental illness. Peth tests are then given to make sure you are taking your antidepressants, etc. But considering BON and other healthcare monitoring agencies and...

Congratulations!! You are lucky - nobody in my program is allowed to finish the early. The number of years is the number of years, no matter how "good" you are doing in the program. most important thing for you - Don't get in this mess ...

There is some incorrect information on this thread, not related to whether they do a hair evaluation at an evaluation center. Urine ETG/ETS tests at the usual level for medical professions at 100ng/ml, do not detect alcohol for 6 days. The 120 ...

That's 48 hours after you drank from the contaminated water bottle that you took a urine etg test? You're fine. People have drank 1-2 full alcoholic drinks and have tested below the 100ng cutoff for etg after 48-50 hours. (Not that you should do ...

I’m in monitoring/probation and instead of urine screens, we have the option to use oral/saliva swabs that’s recorded on an app and then you send it in to test for drugs and alcohol etg. the brand is Intercept by Orasure. how is the d...

It has usually taken people 7-14 days to get a result. I'm not sure why it's so slow. Routine or back test might make a difference. how long have you been in monitoring and how many Peth tests have you gotten so far? you know what's sad, ...

You had to take etg tests 3 times per week? Or did you mean to say 3 times per month?

How did your Peth results go?

I agree the BON should stay out of DUIs but that won’t happen. All health professions including nursing take DUIs very seriously. in fact, I went to an interview recently for Global Entry (tsa precheck for international flights) and after crimi...