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§ 5102. Safe opioid prescription education

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 Pa.C.S.A. Health and SafetyEffective: November 2, 2016

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 35 Pa.C.S.A. Health and Safety
Part III. Public Safety
Chapter 51. Safe Opioid Prescription
Effective: November 2, 2016
35 Pa.C.S.A. § 5102
§ 5102. Safe opioid prescription education
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(a) Curriculum.--Beginning August 1, 2017, the licensing boards shall, by joint regulation, implement a safe prescription of a controlled substance containing an opioid curriculum. The curriculum may be offered in colleges or by providers approved by the licensing boards and shall include all of the following:
(1) Current, age-appropriate information relating to pain management.
(2) Multimodal treatments for chronic pain that minimize the use of a controlled substance containing an opioid.
(3) If a controlled substance containing an opioid is indicated, instruction on safe methods of prescribing a controlled substance containing an opioid that follow guideline-based care.
(4) Identification of patients who have risk factors for developing problems with prescription of a controlled substance containing an opioid.
(5) Training on managing substance use disorders as a chronic disease.
(b) Separation from standardized curriculum.--The education required under this chapter shall not be considered to be a mandate of the curriculum necessary for graduation. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a college from requiring such curriculum to be necessary to graduate after August 1, 2017.

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2016, Nov. 2, P.L. 987, No. 126, § 1, imd. effective.
35 Pa.C.S.A. § 5102, PA ST 35 Pa.C.S.A. § 5102
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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