PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2766
PRINTER'S NO. 3534
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1805
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MASSER, HEFFLEY, O'BRIEN, THOMAS, MILLARD, CORBIN,
ROZZI, R. BROWN, TAYLOR, STEPHENS, READSHAW, COHEN, SNYDER
AND FARRY, JANUARY 27, 2016
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AS AMENDED, JUNE 15, 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 addiction education. PROVIDING FOR
LICENSING BOARDS TO REQUIRE EDUCATION IN PAIN MANAGEMENT,
ADDICTION AND PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING PRACTICES FOR
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 15. Licensing Boards to Require Addiction Education.
(a) General rule.--Each licensing board in the Department of
State jurisdiction over professional licensees who are
dispensers or prescribers shall require:
(1) Individuals applying for an initial license or
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certification issued by the licensing board, which license or
certification authorizes the licensee to be a dispenser or
prescriber, shall submit documentation acceptable to the
licensing board of the completion of at least three hours of
addiction education. The addiction education may occur as
part of the applicants' professional degree educational
program.
(2) Dispensers and prescribers applying for the renewal
of a license or certification issued by the licensing board
to complete at least two hours of addiction education as a
portion of the total continuing education required for
biennial renewal.
(b) Consultation with department.--Each licensing board
shall, in consultation with the department, approve the
curricula for the addiction education.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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, ADDICTION AND PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING
PRACTICES FOR OPIOIDS.
(A) GENERAL RULE.--EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR IN
SUBSECTION (C), EACH LICENSING BOARD IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WITH JURISDICTION OVER PROFESSIONAL LICENSEES WHO ARE DISPENSERS
OR PRESCRIBERS SHALL REQUIRE:
(1) INDIVIDUALS APPLYING FOR AN INITIAL LICENSE OR
CERTIFICATION ISSUED BY THE LICENSING BOARD, WHICH LICENSE OR
CERTIFICATION AUTHORIZES THE LICENSEE TO BE A DISPENSER OR
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PRESCRIBER, TO SUBMIT, NO LATER THAN 12 MONTHS AFTER
OBTAINING AN INITIAL LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION, DOCUMENTATION
ACCEPTABLE TO THE LICENSING BOARD OF THE COMPLETION OF AT
LEAST TWO HOURS OF EDUCATION IN PAIN MANAGEMENT OR
IDENTIFICATION OF ADDICTION AND AT LEAST TWO HOURS OF
EDUCATION IN THE PRACTICES OF PRESCRIBING OR DISPENSING OF
OPIOIDS. THE EDUCATION MAY OCCUR AS PART OF THE APPLICANTS'
PROFESSIONAL DEGREE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.
(2) DISPENSERS AND PRESCRIBERS APPLYING FOR THE RENEWAL
OF A LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION ISSUED BY THE LICENSING BOARD
TO COMPLETE AT LEAST TWO HOURS OF EDUCATION IN PAIN
MANAGEMENT, IDENTIFICATION OF ADDICTION OR THE PRACTICES OF
PRESCRIBING OR DISPENSING OF OPIOIDS AS A PORTION OF THE
TOTAL CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIRED FOR BIENNIAL RENEWAL.
(B) CONSULTATION WITH DEPARTMENT.--EACH LICENSING BOARD
SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, APPROVE THE
CURRICULA FOR THE PAIN MANAGEMENT, IDENTIFICATION OF ADDICTION
AND THE PRACTICES OF PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING OF OPIOIDS
EDUCATION.
(C) EXCEPTION.--THE REQUIREMENT IN SUBSECTION (A)(2) SHALL
NOT APPLY TO A DISPENSER OR PRESCRIBER WHO IS EXEMPT FROM THE
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION'S REQUIREMENTS FOR A
REGISTRATION NUMBER UNDER 21 CFR CH. II (RELATING TO DRUG
ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE) AND
APPLICABLE STATE LAW.
SECTION 2. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60 DAYS.
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