Section 246-854-252. Consultation—Exemptions for the osteopathic physician assistant.

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The physician assistant is exempt from the consultation requirement in WAC 246-854-250 if one or more of the following qualifications are met:

(1) The sponsoring physician is a pain management specialist under WAC 246-854-253; or

(2) The sponsoring physician and the physician assistant have 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 within the last three years a minimum of eighteen continuing education hours on chronic pain management approved by the profession's continuing education accrediting organization, with at least three of these hours dedicated to long-acting opioids, to include methadone; or

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

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.57.285, 18.57A.090, 18.57.005, 18.57A.020. WSR 11-10-062, § 246-854-252, filed 5/2/11, effective 7/1/11.]

RCW 18.57.285, 18.57A.090, 18.57.005, 18.57A.020. WSR 11-10-062, § 246-854-252, filed 5/2/11, effective 7/1/11.

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246-854-250,246-854-253,

                    
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