Section 246-817-960. Consultation—Exemptions for the dentist.

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The dentist is exempt from the consultation requirement in WAC 246-817-950 if one or more of the following qualifications are met:

(1) The dentist is a pain management specialist as described in WAC 246-817-965; or

(2) The dentist has successfully completed, within the last two years, a minimum of twelve continuing education hours on chronic pain management approved by the profession's continuing education accrediting organization, with at least two of these hours dedicated to long-acting opioids, to include methadone; or

(3) The dentist is a pain management practitioner working in a multidisciplinary chronic pain treatment center, or a multidisciplinary academic research facility; or

(4) The dentist has a minimum three years of clinical experience in a chronic pain management setting, and at least thirty percent of his or her current practice is the direct provision of pain management care.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.32.785 and 18.32.0365. WSR 11-10-061, § 246-817-960, filed 5/2/11, effective 7/1/11.]

RCW 18.32.785 and 18.32.0365. WSR 11-10-061, § 246-817-960, filed 5/2/11, effective 7/1/11.

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246-817-950,246-817-965,

                    
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