ARIZONA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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SB 1029: qualifying physicians; opiate-dependent patients |
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PRIME SPONSOR: Senator Carter, LD 15 BILL STATUS: Health and Human Services
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Requires the Arizona Medical Board (AMB)
and the Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners (ABOE) to determine if a
licensed physician demonstrates the training or experience to treat and manage opioid-dependent
patients as a qualifying physician.
History
The primary duty of the AMB and ABOE is to protect the public from unlawful, incompetent, unqualified, impaired or unprofessional practitioners of osteopathic and allopathic medicine. The AMB's and ABOE's responsibilities include issuing licenses, permits and registrations; investigating and resolving conflicts; and providing information to the public (A.R.S. §§ 32-1403, 32-1803). The AMB and the ABOE license and regulate over 23,432 doctors of medicine and over 2,900 osteopathic physicians respectively.
Federal law identifies qualifying physicians as a physician licensed under state law and who holds an addiction certificate or a board certificate in addiction psychiatry or medicine. It outlines the required training and experience a qualifying physician must obtain with respect to the treatment and management of opiate-dependent patients, including: opioid maintenance and detoxification; appropriate clinical use of all drugs; patient assessments; overdose reversal and relapse prevention; counseling and recovery support services; and diversion control.
Provisions
1. Requires the AMB and the ABOE to determine if a prospective or current licensed physician demonstrates the training or experience to treat and manage opioid-dependent patients as a qualifying physician as outlined by federal law. (Sec. 1, 2)
2. Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1, 2)
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6. Fifty-fourth Legislature SB 1029
7. First Regular Session Version 1: Health and Human Services
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