The Texas Physician Health Program (PHP) is continuing to grow. The Medical Director, Dr. Lloyd Garland reported to the Texas Medical Board that it has offered 364 monitoring agreements to date the nearly year the PHP has been operational. Of those contracts, 322 have been accepted. Additionally, there are 26 Physician Assistants enrolled in the [...]
According to public information on December 3, 2010, the Texas Physician Health Program, which also serves Physician Assistants and Acupuncturist, now has more than 100 people enrolled in its monitoring program.
The two big issues that are still unsettled is how to deal with licensees who agree to cease their practice altogether. The Medical Board and [...]
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Texas Physician Health Program. Dr. Garland introduced Dr. Alison– practicing psychiatrist – took over from Dr. Jackson . 316 total referrals including self referrals and by TMB. 184 active participants. 72 reported back to TMB. Talking to several about retiring their licenses. These will come under a short agreement to conclude an [...]
Dr. Lloyd Garland, PHP Medical Director reported on August 26th that there have been less than 10 self- referrals to date. The majority of the cases have come from the TMB. Dr. Jackson opined this is because knowledge of the PHP is not well known as yet in the medical community.
Dr. Garland did discuss the [...]
What is appropriate to do for patients who have been using marijuana for pain management or for other purposes? If you are aware of such use, either because they tell you or it comes back on a screen. Can you prescribe controlled substances for these patients? This was aksked at the last Board meeting. The answer is [...]
Nurses that are on Board Orders for monitoring due to substance abuse or on a Board Order sending the nurse to TPAPN must be extremely careful with complying with their Board Order and with what they ingest because of the following section of the Nurse Practice Act (taken from the Board’s website at www.bon.state.tx.us). There [...]
Although there is still one attorney position still posted to be filled at the Texas Board of Nursing, the Board staff has reported that since they are at full staff they are going to move very quickly on violations of Board monitoring orders for substance abuse or for violation of TPAPN orders. Nurses under such [...]
Very soon the Texas Medical Board is going to turn over doctors and Physician Assistants in recovery over to a new State wide Physician Health Program (PHP). The PHP is indirectly associated with the Board. The Board president names the Board of Governors who are like the Board members for the PHP. [...]