BOARD/COMMISSION:  Advisory Committee to the Program Committee of the Health Professionals Services Program

MISSION: The Health Professionals Services Program (HPSP) is a program of the Minnesota health related licensing boards that provides monitoring services to health professionals with illnesses that may impact their ability to practice safely.

An advisory committee is established to advise the program committee consisting of: (1) one member appointed by each of the following: the Minnesota Academy of Physician Assistants, Minnesota Dental Association, Minnesota Chiropractic Association, Minnesota Licensed Practical Nurse Association, Minnesota Medical Association, Minnesota Nurses Association, and Minnesota Podiatric Medicine Association; (2) one member appointed by each of the professional associations of the other professions regulated by a participating board not specified in clause (1); and (3) two public members, as defined by section 214.02. Members of the advisory committee shall be appointed for two years and members may be reappointed. 

Additional Information on how appointments are made:

Biennial Notice of Appointments to Program Manager.  Biennially on November 1 of odd-numbered years the program manager will notify each participating association of the need to make a new appointment or confirm the continuation of the current appointee by the coming January 15. Each participating association must notify the program manager in writing on or before January 1st of the even-numbered year of who their representative is and who their alternate is (if they use an alternate). HPSP does not offer members a per-diem (payment) for participating on the committee. Participation on the committee is voluntary. "Public member" means a person who is not or never was, a member of the profession or occupation being licensed or regulated or the spouse of any such person, or a person who does not have or has never had, a material financial interest in either the providing of the professional service being licensed or regulated or an activity directly related to the profession or occupation being licensed or regulated.