Section 246-840-490. Consultation—Exemptions for the advanced registered nurse practitioner.

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The advanced registered nurse practitioner is exempt from the consultation requirement in WAC 246-840-485 if one or more of the following qualifications are met:

(1) The advanced registered nurse practitioner is a pain management specialist under WAC 246-840-493;

(2) The advanced registered nurse practitioner 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;

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

(4) The advanced registered nurse practitioner 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 18.79.400. WSR 11-10-064, § 246-840-490, filed 5/2/11, effective 7/1/11.]

RCW 18.79.400. WSR 11-10-064, § 246-840-490, filed 5/2/11, effective 7/1/11.

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