Guides
The phases follow the process in order. These don’t. They’re the pieces that turn up whenever they turn up, and each one is written to stand on its own.
These guides are free. They are not a substitute for a consulting engagement.
Cold medicine and your monitoring contractWhich over-the-counter products contain something your contract prohibits, which ones can set off a screen that later clears, and how to tell them apart on the box.Monitoring reports, and whose job they areA workplace monitor, ongoing therapy, years of monthly reports about you, and the responsibility for every one of them lands on you. What that means in practice.Collection sites, and why they aren’t all the sameWhere you actually go when the app says you’re testing today, why some sites handle it smoothly and some fumble the forms, and the trap in picking the closest one.Caduceus and professional groupsThe required meetings that come with monitoring, the three very different flavors they come in, and why the room matters anyway.A positive screen, and who calls you about itThe first thing that happens is a phone call from a medical review officer, and it starts with questions rather than conclusions. What that call is, and what helps before it ever happens.After the first professional health program call: the paperwork that usually comes nextAfter a first professional health program call, what paperwork often arrives next, how to read it, and one question worth asking before evaluation.The end of monitoring, and how your file closesMost monitoring contracts end. What closing the file involves, why an incomplete file is what stalls it, and when to start checking.Physician health programs and professional monitoring by stateA state directory of physician health programs, nurses' recovering programs, and judges and lawyers assistance programs (JLAP). Informational - not a referral or legal service.Do I need a licensing attorney? What one does, and how they fit with your programWhat a licensing attorney actually does, how that role sits next to your program and your board, and the questions worth asking before you hire one. Not legal advice, and not a yes or no.
More are being written. Every one of them is free and open, and nothing here asks for your name.