Authority is earned, not declared.
A readiness standard only becomes real when clinicians author it, a board governs it, and real programs adopt it. We have built the substance — honest, evidence-graded, and open. Now we need the people who make it the standard.
We are first, honest, and already have the framework built — but it is not "the standard" yet. Below is exactly who we need, what we are asking of a physician, and how the work is kept clean.
Six roles that make the standard real
Each role below already appears in our founding documents. One honest line each — no hype.
Clinicians Clinician sign-off
The gating need. Become the named Clinician-of-Record / Medical Director who owns, signs, and supervises the clinical content — nothing patient-facing ships without you.
Researchers Hypothesis
Help build the de-identified outcomes registry — the evidence engine no single clinic can build, and the honest way to test whether preparation improves outcomes. That link is unproven and being studied, not a claim.
Veterans
Lived-experience advisory. This is a Veterans Safety Initiative; veterans hold seats on the Standards Council so the men and women who served have a real voice in the standard meant to protect them.
Caregivers
The under-served "second patient." Complete the eight-module Caregiver Track and help shape a credential for the family member who supports and observes.
Clinics & Programs
Get certified and listed. Prove your screening, consent, and support to families, insurers, regulators, and journalists with the flagship Certified Program seal.
Supporters & Donors
Fund the mission. Operation Whole Health is a Patriot-founded 501(c)(3); the independent, nonprofit standards body is deliberately walled off from product sales.
Read it, tear it apart, and — if you believe in it — put your name on it.
We are asking you to become the named Clinical Author / Medical Director for this standard: review the clinical content, tell us where we are wrong, and shape a standard the whole field could adopt. A licensed clinician-of-record owns all clinical content and thresholds, signs the standard, and continuously supervises it — version-controlled, with a public change log. It is complete, honest, and evidence-graded. But it is not for patient use until a licensed physician owns and signs the clinical content. That is the invitation. Clinical decisions always belong to the treating clinician.
Five guardrails that protect you and the work
- You co-author the consent, cardiac, and interaction content — line-by-line and versioned. You have final say on all clinical content; nothing patient-facing ships without your sign-off. The informed-consent and risk modules (led by cardiac/QT, CYP2D6, and drug-interaction safety) need your line-by-line sign-off, and everything is version-controlled with a change log you could produce in discovery.
- No efficacy claims. Clinician sign-off The certification never says that ibogaine or any psychedelic is safe or effective, that a patient is medically cleared, or that harm cannot happen. We certify the process, not the outcome.
- COI firewall — certification is never contingent on buying anything. Disclosed openly: Operation Whole Health sells wellness products and is also building this standard. The standards and certification function is walled off from that commercial arm and issued through an independent, nonprofit standards body; nothing here is contingent on buying any product. A standard that profits from what it certifies is worthless.
- No PHI or lab uploads until HIPAA / BAA infrastructure exists. The registry contributes de-identified outcomes data by default; identifiable PHI and lab data are not collected until the proper HIPAA / Business Associate Agreement infrastructure is in place.
- OWH carries the liability for its own content. Operation Whole Health stands behind its own content — we do not push liability onto you or your clinic. It is designed to support your clinic's own informed-consent process, co-branded, never to replace your clinical authority.
Start here: the Physician Review Packet — then a 30-minute conversation about whether you would consider leading it clinically.
Four ways to certify
We certify the process — screening, consent, preparation, and support — not the outcome. That is exactly what lets a non-treatment organization hold real authority.
Certified Program
The flagship seal, for a clinic or treatment program. Demonstrates it operates to the Readiness Standard — the universal core plus the correct modality annexes. Earns the "Readiness-Certified Program" seal it can display and give families; renewed annually with review.
Certified Provider
For individual clinicians, guides, and staff (CE-style). The individual completes the training and passes an assessment on readiness, screening, informed consent, and crisis response. A portable professional credential.
Certified Caregiver
For the family member or support person. Completion of the Caregiver Track — a supportive credential signaling the caregiver is prepared to safely support and observe. The under-served, differentiated wedge.
"Readiness-Prepared" Patient Record
For the patient. Documentation that they completed the education and preparation steps. Explicitly a completion record — not medical clearance.
Authority is earned, not declared
"Authority is earned, not declared. Until the standard is clinician-authored, board-governed, and adopted by real programs, it's a well-built framework — not yet 'the standard.' The value is that we're first, honest, and already have the substance built."
Certifying the process is exactly what lets a non-treatment organization hold real authority. If that is a standard you would help build — as a clinician, researcher, veteran, caregiver, clinic, or supporter — reach out.
Michael Jones, Founder, Operation Whole Health — michael@operationwholehealth.org
Operation Whole Health — Patriot-founded 501(c)(3). Get Involved — prototype page, DRAFT v0.1.
Educational/organizational only; not medical advice, and not an endorsement of any substance. Substances referenced carry serious risks and vary in legality by jurisdiction; all clinical decisions belong to treating clinicians. In crisis? Veterans Crisis Line: dial 988, then press 1.