Overview
The Health Professional Licensing Office (HPLO) oversees the licensing, regulation, and compliance of healthcare professionals to help ensure safe and qualified healthcare services within the community.
Primary Responsibilities
- Professional licensing and renewals
- Credential verification and processing
- Regulatory compliance monitoring
- Public protection and professional standards enforcement
- Coordination with healthcare boards and agencies
Healthcare Professionals Covered
- Physicians
- Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Therapists
- Allied health professionals
- Other licensed healthcare providers
Importance of HPLO
HPLO helps protect public health by ensuring healthcare professionals meet established educational, ethical, and professional standards.
Mission:
“The Health Professional Boards protects, promotes, and advocates for the health and safety of the community by pursuing the highest quality of care through education, communication, licensing, legislation, regulation, and enforcement.”
Vision:
Creates, develops, implements and monitors programs and projects in line with the mission of DPHSS and HPLO, in compliance with local and federal laws and within the national standards and best practices of the healthcare profession.
Licensing...
The goal of licensure is to ensure that the licensees have the degree and competency necessary to ensure that public health, safety and or welfare are protected for our island community.
Board Contact Information
Breanna Sablan
Acting HPLO Administrator
breanna.sablan@dphss.guam.gov
671-735-7410
HPLO provides licenses to following nine professional boards:
- Emergency Medical Services
- Guam Board of Allied Health Examiners
- Guam Board of Barbering and Cosmetology
- Guam Board of Examiners for Dentistry
- Guam Board of Examiners for Optometry
- Guam Board of Examiners for Pharmacy
- Guam Board of Medical Examiners
- Guam Board of Nurse Examiners
- Guam Board of Social Work
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