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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 35 Pa.C.S.A. Health and Safety § 5102. Safe opioid prescription education

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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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