The Iowa Practitioner Program (IPP) is a confidential monitoring program for dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants with impairments.

“Impairment” means an inability, or significant potential for inability, to practice dentistry, dental hygiene, or dental assisting with reasonable safety and skill as a result of alcohol or drug abuse, dependency, or addiction, or any mental or physical disorder or disability. For the purposes of this program, “impairment” does not include sexual dysfunction, sexual addiction, sexual compulsivity, paraphilia, or other sexual disorder.

Board rules specify that the following circumstances may make licensees/registrants ineligible to participate in the Iowa Practitioner Program.

• The practitioner is engaged in the unlawful diversion or distribution of controlled substances or illegal substances to a third person or for personal profit or gain;
   
• At the time of the self-report, the practitioner is already under board order for an impairment or any other violation of the laws and rules governing the practice of the profession;
   
• The practitioner has caused harm or injury to a patient;
   
• There is currently a board investigation of the practitioner that concerns serious matters related to the ability to practice with reasonable safety and skill or in accordance with the accepted standards of care;
   
• The practitioner has been subject to a civil administrative or criminal sanction, or ordered to make reparations or remuneration by a government or regulatory authority of the United States, this or any other state or territory or a foreign nation for actions that the committee determines to be serious infractions of the laws, administrative rules, or professional ethics related to the practice of dentistry, dental hygiene, or dental assisting;
   
• The practitioner provided inaccurate, misleading, or fraudulent information or failed to fully cooperate with the board or committee; or
   
• There is currently a complaint before the board related to an impairment.

All of the information in the possession of the Iowa Practitioner Program (IPP) and it's personnel regarding licensees and registrants is confidential.  Do you give the IPP permission to inquire about the material facts you have provided in this self-report? 

If you have additional questions or concerns, please call 515-725-4112.