(a) A licensing board that licenses individuals with prescriptive authority shall adopt rules that are at least as stringent as the rules of the Arkansas State Medical Board concerning use of narcotics for the treatment of pain not associated with malignant or terminal illness.(b) A licensing board that licenses individuals who are authorized to prescribe opioids for treatment of chronic nonmalignant pain shall promulgate rules that contain, at a minimum, the requirements of § 20-7-707.Added by Act 2015, No. 1208,§ 6, eff. 7/22/2015. (a) A licensing board that licenses individuals with prescriptive authority shall adopt rules that are at least as stringent as the rules of the Arkansas State Medical Board concerning use of narcotics for the treatment of pain not associated with malignant or terminal illness.(b) A licensing board that licenses individuals who are authorized to prescribe opioids for treatment of chronic nonmalignant pain shall promulgate rules that contain, at a minimum, the requirements of § 20-7-707.Added by Act 2015, No. 1208,§ 6, eff. 7/22/2015.
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