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OK SB1133

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/9/2009

Primary Sponsor

David Derby

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Origin

Senate

2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the "Oklahoma Interventional Pain Management and Treatment Act" as a new codified section in Title 59 of Oklahoma Statutes to regulate interventional pain management practices.

  • Defines interventional pain management as diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain using techniques including nerve ablation, precision needle placement with targeted drugs (anesthetics, steroids, analgesics), and surgical techniques (laser/endoscopic diskectomy, intrathecal infusion pumps, spinal cord stimulators).

  • Requires practitioners of interventional pain management to be duly licensed under either the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act or the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act.

  • Authorizes the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to establish standard of care guidelines for interventional pain management, including proper fluoroscope use, with no jurisdiction over osteopathic physicians licensed by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners.

  • Establishes enforcement provisions allowing the Board to impose administrative penalties, initiate disciplinary proceedings, and seek injunctive relief against violators; includes emergency clause for immediate implementation upon passage and approval.

Legislative Description

Professions and occupations; creating the Oklahoma Interventional Pain Management and Treatment Act.

Health Care

Last Action

HAs read

3/2/2010

Committee Referrals

Public Health3/18/2009
Health and Human Services2/5/2009

Full Bill Text

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