The HWPP Program allows organizations to test, demonstrate, and evaluate new or expanded roles for healthcare professionals, or new healthcare delivery alternatives before changes in licensing laws are made by the Legislature. Various organizations use HWPP to study the potential expansion of a profession’s scope of practice to:
- Facilitate better access to healthcare
- Expand and encourage workforce development
- Demonstrate, test and evaluate new or expanded roles for healthcare professionals or new healthcare delivery alternatives
- Help inform the Legislature when considering changes to existing legislation in the Business and Professions code