North Dakota Century Code Title 43. Occupations and Professions § 43-17.3-01. Definitions

1. “Board” means the North Dakota board of medicine.

2. “Committee or designated agency” means a committee or delegated agency of the physician health program which is composed of physicians and other professionals who have expertise in the areas of alcoholism, drug abuse, or mental illness and which is designated by the physician health program to perform any or all of the activities set forth in section 43-17.3-02 pursuant to agreement with the board.

3. “Impairment” means the presence of any physical, mental, or behavioral disorder or pattern of alcohol or substance use which interferes with a licensee's ability to engage safely in professional activities.

4. “Licensee” means a physician or other health professional under the jurisdiction of the board, and includes an applicant for licensure or regulation by the board and former licensees of the board.

5. “Participant” means an individual enrolled in the physician health program.

6. “Physician health program” or “program” means a board-sanctioned program for the detection, intervention, and monitoring of licensees with conditions that could result in impairment.

7. “Student” means an individual studying under a medical doctor program or physician assistant program in this state.

8. “Treatment plan” means a plan of care, rehabilitation, monitoring and maintenance, followup, or aftercare services or combination of any of these services provided by an organization or by an individual authorized by the board or the physician health program to provide such services for a licensee taking part in the physician health program.