Making a Referral To MTP

How do we refer a colleague to New Mexico Monitored Treatment Program?

Participation in MTP is either by referral from a third party referent or licensing board or by individual self-referral. MTP provides services to both voluntary and mandatory participants.

• Voluntary participants are those individuals who, though not required by their licensing entities, employer or training institutions to obtain services, recognize the need and value of obtaining professional assistance.
• Mandatory participants are those individuals who are compelled, as a condition of licensure and/or their employment or training, to obtain MTP’s services.
  

Third party referrals to MTP can be made
either informally or formally

An informal referral is a suggestion to a colleague that MTP might be able to provide beneficial services to that individual.

• The suggestion that the individual contact MTP is made casually.
• The discussion with the individual is not recorded.
• The individual’s contact with MTP is kept confidential.
• Follow-up from MTP to the referent is not expected.

A formal referral is an expectation that the individual make contact with MTP.

• This expectation typically comes from an organization (usually through a representative) to an individual.
• The expectation is usually proceeded by a formal discussion in which documented workplace issues are enumerated to the individual.
• There is a written record of the formal referral and the behavior that is expected.
• Following through with the referral and the subsequent treatment recommendations is frequently cited as a condition of return to work and/or continued employment.
• Regular (usually quarterly) compliance reports from MTP to the employer are typically provided.
  

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