OK SB479

Creates the Oklahoma Interventional Pain Management and Treatment Act requiring persons practicing interventional pain management to hold a license under the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act or Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act.

Defines interventional pain management to include ablation of targeted nerves, percutaneous needle placement in the spinal column with local anesthetics or steroids, and surgical techniques such as laser diskectomy, intrathecal infusion pumps, and spinal cord stimulators.

Permits certified registered nurse anesthetists to administer lumbar intra-laminar epidural steroid injections and peripheral nerve blocks when requested by a physician and under direct supervision with timely on-site consultation available.

Prohibits certified registered nurse anesthetists from operating freestanding pain management facilities without direct supervision by a physician board-certified in interventional pain management or equivalent.

Authorizes the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to impose administrative penalties, initiate disciplinary proceedings, and seek injunctive relief against persons violating the Act, with board members exempt from personal liability.