Senate
File
2208
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2208
BY
WEINER
,
CELSI
,
QUIRMBACH
,
WINCKLER
,
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
PETERSEN
,
and
DONAHUE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
standards
of
practice
relating
to
the
1
prescribing
of
certain
pain
medications.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
BOARD
OF
MEDICINE
——
STANDARDS
OF
PRACTICE
FOR
1
PRESCRIBING
CERTAIN
PAIN
MEDICATIONS.
2
1.
The
board
of
medicine
shall
amend
the
standards
of
3
practice
for
appropriate
pain
management
as
established
by
rule
4
in
653
IAC
13.2,
to
specifically
require
all
of
the
following:
5
a.
That
prior
to
issuing
an
initial
prescription
for
a
6
controlled
substance
in
schedule
I
or
any
opioid
pain
reliever
7
that
is
a
prescription
drug
in
a
course
of
treatment
for
acute
8
or
chronic
pain,
and
prior
to
issuing
a
third
prescription
in
9
the
same
course
of
treatment,
a
physician
shall
discuss
with
10
the
patient,
or
the
patient’s
parent
or
guardian
if
the
patient
11
has
not
reached
majority
as
described
in
section
599.1,
all
of
12
the
following:
13
(1)
The
risks
of
addiction
and
overdose
associated
with
14
opioid
drugs
and
the
dangers
of
taking
opioid
drugs
with
15
alcohol,
benzodiazepines,
and
other
central
nervous
system
16
depressants.
17
(2)
The
reasons
the
prescription
is
necessary.
18
(3)
Alternative
treatments
that
may
be
available.
19
(4)
The
risks
associated
with
the
use
of
the
drugs
20
being
prescribed,
specifically
that
opioids
are
highly
21
addictive,
even
when
taken
as
prescribed,
that
there
is
a
22
risk
of
developing
a
physical
or
psychological
dependence
23
on
the
prescription
drug,
and
that
taking
more
opioids
than
24
prescribed,
or
mixing
sedatives,
benzodiazepines,
or
alcohol
25
with
opioids,
may
result
in
fatal
respiratory
depression.
26
b.
That
the
physician
include
a
note
in
the
patient’s
27
medical
record,
confirming
that
the
physician
has
discussed
28
with
the
patient,
or
the
patient’s
parent
or
guardian,
as
29
applicable,
the
information
specified
under
subsection
1.
30
2.
This
section
shall
not
apply
to
a
prescription
for
a
31
patient
who
is
at
the
stage
in
the
progression
of
cancer
or
32
other
terminal
illness
when
the
goal
of
pain
management
is
33
comfort
care
including
when
the
patient
is
receiving
hospice
34
care
from
a
licensed
hospice
or
palliative
care,
or
to
any
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medications
prescribed
for
use
in
the
treatment
of
substance
1
use
disorder
or
opioid
dependence.
2
EXPLANATION
3
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
4
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
5
This
bill
relates
to
the
standards
of
practice
for
a
6
physician
relating
to
the
prescribing
of
certain
pain
7
medications.
8
The
bill
requires
the
board
of
medicine
to
amend
the
9
standards
of
practice
for
appropriate
pain
management
as
10
established
by
rule
in
653
IAC
13.2,
to
include
specific
11
requirements.
The
requirements
include
both
of
the
following:
12
1.
That
prior
to
issuing
an
initial
prescription
for
a
13
controlled
substance
in
schedule
I
or
any
opioid
pain
reliever
14
that
is
a
prescription
drug
in
a
course
of
treatment
for
acute
15
or
chronic
pain,
and
prior
to
issuing
a
third
prescription
in
16
the
same
course
of
treatment,
a
physician
shall
discuss
with
17
the
patient,
or
the
patient’s
parent
or
guardian
if
the
patient
18
has
not
reached
majority,
the
risks
of
addiction
and
overdose
19
associated
with
opioid
drugs
and
the
dangers
of
taking
opioid
20
drugs
with
alcohol,
benzodiazepines,
and
other
central
nervous
21
system
depressants;
the
reasons
the
prescription
is
necessary;
22
alternative
treatments
that
may
be
available;
and
the
risks
23
associated
with
the
use
of
the
drugs
being
prescribed,
24
specifically
that
opioids
are
highly
addictive,
even
when
taken
25
as
prescribed,
that
there
is
a
risk
of
developing
a
physical
26
or
psychological
dependence
on
the
prescription
drug,
and
that
27
taking
more
opioids
than
prescribed,
or
mixing
sedatives,
28
benzodiazepines,
or
alcohol
with
opioids,
may
result
in
fatal
29
respiratory
depression.
30
2.
That
the
physician
include
a
note
in
the
patient’s
31
medical
record,
confirming
that
the
physician
has
discussed
32
with
the
patient,
or
the
patient’s
parent
or
guardian,
as
33
applicable,
the
information
specified
in
the
bill.
34
The
provisions
of
the
bill
do
not
apply
to
a
prescription
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for
a
patient
who
is
at
the
stage
in
the
progression
of
cancer
1
or
other
terminal
illness
when
the
goal
of
pain
management
is
2
comfort
care
including
when
the
patient
is
receiving
hospice
3
care
from
a
licensed
hospice
or
palliative
care,
or
to
any
4
medications
prescribed
for
use
in
the
treatment
of
substance
5
use
disorder
or
opioid
dependence.
6
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