What is the HRP? Who must be HRP certified? What are the HRP requirements? How often are HRP requirements performed? What are my HRP responsibilities? When should I report a concern? What might be a concern? How do I report a concern? What happens when a reliability concern is identified? What happens when someone is removed from HRP duties? What are my options? Resources Glossary

What are my HRP responsibilities?

As an HRP-certified individual, you have several responsibilities. You must:

• Read, sign, and submit HRP releases, acknowledgments, and waivers to facilitate the collection and dissemination of information and the performance of medical examinations and drug and alcohol tests.
• Provide full, frank, and truthful answers to relevant and material questions and, when requested, furnish or authorize others to furnish information that DOE deems pertinent to reaching a decision on HRP certification or recertification.
• Notify the designated physician, the designated psychologist, or the SOMD immediately of a physical or mental condition that requires medication or treatment.
• Report reliability concerns, including any observed or reported behavior or condition of another HRP-certified individual, to a supervisor, the designated physician, the designated psychologist, the SOMD, or the HRP management official.
• If you have any behavior or condition that may affect your ability to perform your HRP duties, you must make a report to your supervisor, the designated physician, the designated psychologist, the SOMD, or the HRP management official.

You are also required to:

• Report in person to the designated physician, the designated psychologist, or the SOMD to obtain a written recommendation to return to work if you have been on sick leave for 5 or more consecutive days (or an equivalent amount of time).
• Report for drug or alcohol testing if required following involvement in an incident, unsafe practice, or an occurrence, or if there is a reasonable suspicion that you may be impaired.

Can HRP certification be transferred?

An individual's HRP certification may be transfered to another site. However, before the individual is allowed to perform HRP duties at the new site, it must be verified that the individual is currently HRP certified and is transferring into a designated HRP position. Additionally, the individual must be provided site-specific instruction and incorporated into the new site’s alcohol and drug testing program. It must also be ensured that the 12-month time period for HRP requirements that was established at the prior site is not exceeded.

Temporary assignment to an HRP position at another site requires verification that the individual is currently HRP certified and has completed all site-specific instruction. The individual is required to return to the site that maintains his or her HRP certification for recertification.