PRINTER'S NO. 1741
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1202
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY YAW, WOZNIAK, SABATINA, VOGEL, FARNESE, RAFFERTY,
HUTCHINSON, BLAKE, BARTOLOTTA, MENSCH, YUDICHAK, WAGNER,
FOLMER, VULAKOVICH, WARD, STEFANO, HUGHES, BROWNE, SCARNATI
AND WILLIAMS, MAY 2, 2016
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
MAY 2, 2016
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 27, 2014 (P.L.2911, No.191),
entitled "An act providing for prescription drug monitoring;
creating the ABC-MAP Board; establishing the Achieving Better
Care by Monitoring All Prescriptions Program; and providing
for unlawful acts and penalties," providing for licensing
boards to require education in pain management and
prescribing practices of opioids.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of October 27, 2014 (P.L.2911, No.191),
known as the Achieving Better Care by Monitoring All
Prescriptions Program (ABC-MAP) Act, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 9.1. Licensing boards to require education in pain
management and prescribing practices of opioids.
(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided for in
subsection (c), each licensing board in the Department of State
jurisdiction over professional licensees who are dispensers or
prescribers shall require:
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