The state program that monitors the treatment of licensed health care workers with substance use disorders or mental illness has come under fire after accounts surfaced of mismanagement and harm to participants.

Holders of six occupational license types overseen by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) and their respective licensing boards are subject to clinical monitoring if they’re in recovery from addiction, severe behavioral health challenges or some chronic physical conditions and want to continue working.

Since 2023, DLI has contracted with an out-of-state company to provide medical assistance services to nurses, doctors, dentists and more. Participants must comply with onerous drug tests and virtual group meetings, often at their own expense, or risk losing their lic

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