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ALABAMA
Guidelines For The Use Of Controlled Substances For The Treatment Of Pain, ALA. ADMIN. CODE r. 540-X-4-.08 [Findlaw] $[Westlaw]

ARIZONA
Guidelines for the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Chronic Pain [HTML]
Pain Management Guidelines [HTML]

ARKANSAS
REGULATION NO. 2.6 $[PDF]

C
CALIFORNIA
Guidelines for Prescribing Controlled Substances for Intractable Pain [HTML]
See also Accreditation-Related Legislation detailed under Accreditation

COLORADO
Guidelines for Prescribing Controlled Substances for Intractable Pain [HTML]

F
FLORIDA
Standards for the Use of Controlled Substances for Treatment of Pain, FLA. ADMIN. CODE ANN. r. 64B8-9.013 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw] (Promulgated in accordance with FLA. STAT. § 458.326 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw])

G
GEORGIA
Georgia Composite State Board Of Medical Examiners, Management of Prescribing with Emphasis on Addictive or Dependence-Producing Drugs [PDF]

I
IDAHO
Policy on Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain [HTML]

IOWA
Standards of practice--prescribing or administering controlled substances for the treatment of patients with chronic, nonmalignant or Intractable pain, IOWA ADMIN. CODE r. 653-13.2 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw]

K
KANSAS
Guidelines for the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain [HTML]

KENTUCKY
Model Guidelines for the Use of Controlled Substances in Pain Treatment [PDF]

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LOUISIANA
The rules of this subchapter govern physician prescription, dispensation, administration, or other use of controlled substances employed in the treatment of non-cancer related chronic or Intractable pain, LA. ADMIN. CODE tit. 46, § XLV 6915 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw] (Promulgated in accordance with with LA R.S. 37:1270 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw])
LA. ADMIN. CODE tit. 46, § XLV 6917 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw]
LA. ADMIN. CODE tit. 46, § XLV 6919 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw]
LA. ADMIN. CODE tit. 46, § XLV 6921 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw]
LA. ADMIN. CODE tit. 46, § XLV 6923 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw]

M
MAINE
Principles of Proper Patient Management, CODE ME R. § 02-373-011 [Findlaw] $[Westlaw]

MARYLAND
Board Policy of the Use of Controlled, Dangerous Substances [HTML]

MISSISSIPPI
Use of Controlled Substances for Chronic (Non-Terminal) Pain [HTML]
Pain, Pain Management and Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure Scrutiny [HTML]

MISSOURI
Palliative Care Guidelines [PDF]

MONTANA
Montana State Board of Medical Examiners, Management Of Chronic Pain, Statement On The Use Of Controlled Substances In The Treatment Of Intractable Pain, Montana Medical Association Bulletin, Vol. 51, num. 1, March 15, 1996, pp. 3-4 [HTML]

N
NEBRASKA
Guidelines for the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain [PDF]

NEVADA
Intractable pain interpreted, NEV. ADMIN. CODE ch. 630, § 255 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw] (interpreting NEV. REV. STAT. 630.3066 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw])

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Med 501.02(i) Standards of Conduct [HTML]

NEW JERSEY
Limitations on prescribing, administering or dispensing of controlled substances; special exceptions for management of pain, N.J. ADMIN. CODE tit. 13 § 35-7.6 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw]
Narcotic Prescription Changes for Chronic Pain [HTML]

NEW MEXICO
Board Guidelines on Pain Management [PDF]

NORTH CAROLINA
Management of Chronic Non-Malignant Pain [HTML]
End of Life Responsibilities and Palliative Care [HTML]

O
OHIO
Scheduled Drug Therapy Including Narcotics for Chronic Benign Pain [HTML]
Schedule II Controlled Substance Stimulants, OHIO ADMIN. CODE § 4731-11-03 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw] (Referring to OHIO REV. CODE ANN. § 4731.22 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw])

OKLAHOMA
Physicians Dispensing Dangerous Drugs, OKLA. ADMIN. CODE § 435: 10-7-11 [PDF] $[Lexis]

OREGON
Statement of Philosophy on Pain Management [HTML]
Written Notice Disclosing the Material Risks Associated with Prescribed or Administered Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Intractable Pain, OR. ADMIN R. 847-015-0030 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw] (Referring to OR. REV. STAT. § 677.470 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw])

P
PENNSYLVANIA
Guidelines for the Use of Controlled Substances in the Treatment of Pain [PDF]
Prescribing, administering and dispensing controlled substances, 49 PA. CODE § 16.92 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw]

R
RHODE ISLAND
In June of 2002, the Rhode Island legislature enacted the Pain Assessment Act, which requires all licensed health care providers to assess pain on a regular basis and creates a patient's right to regular pain assessment. R.I. Pub. Laws 331 [HTML]

Also, the legislature extended to all health care practitioners immunity from disciplinary action for the prescription, administration or dispensation of controlled substances for pain management. R.I. Pub. Laws 046 [HTML]

S
SOUTH CAROLINA
Pain Management Guidelines [HTML]

T
TENNESSEE
Management of Prescribing with Emphasis on Addictive or Dependence-Producing Drugs [PDF]
General Rules and Regulations Governing the Practice of Medicine, TENN. COMP. R. & REGS. 0880, ch. 2 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw] (Referring to TENN. CODE ANN. § 63-6-214 $[Lexis] $[Westlaw] )

TEXAS
Authority of Physician to Prescribe for the Treatment of Pain [HTML]
22 TEX. ADMIN. CODE § 170.1 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw]
22 TEX. ADMIN. CODE § 170.2 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw]
22 TEX. ADMIN. CODE § 170.3 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw]

V
VERMONT
Report of the Prescribing Practices Committee on Chronic Pain Management [HTML]

VIRGINIA
85-9 Board Briefs #49, Spring 1995 - Pain management [official copy available by email from medbd@dhp.state.va.us]; Unofficial transcript [HTML]
85-14 Board Briefs, Spring, 1998 - Pain Management Guidelines [official copy available by email from medbd@dhp.state.va.us]; Unofficial transcript [HTML]

W
WASHINGTON
Guidelines for Pain Management [HTML]
Medical Quality Assurance Commission on Pain Management (Interpreting Wash. Rev. Code §69.50.308 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw])
WASH. ADMIN. CODE § 246-919-800 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw]
WASH. ADMIN. CODE § 246-919-810 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw]
WASH. ADMIN. CODE § 246-919-820 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw]
WASH. ADMIN. CODE § 246-919-830 [Findlaw] $[Lexis] $[Westlaw]

WEST VIRGINIA
Rational prescribing practices or how to avoid board scrutiny, 92 West Virginia Medical Journal 256 (September/October 1996) [PDF]
Letter to West Virginia Doctors, February 24, 1997 [PDF]
West Virginia Board of Medicine, Position Statement on the Use of Opioids for the Treatment of Chronic, Non-Malignant Pain, July 14, 1997 [PDF]

WYOMING
Letter to Wyoming Physicians, March 11, 1996 [PDF] [HTML]

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