LAC 48:I.7833. Clinic Operations

A. A licensed pain management clinic shall establish and implement policies and procedures consistent with all pain management rules and regulations issued by the board. B. A licensed pain management clinic shall verify the identity of each patient who is seen and treated for chronic pain management and who is prescribed a controlled dangerous substance. C. A licensed pain management clinic shall establish practice standards to assure quality of care, including but not limited to, requiring that a prescription for a controlled dangerous substance may have a maximum quantity of a 30 day supply and shall not be refillable. D. On each visit to the clinic which results in a controlled dangerous substance being prescribed to a patient, the patient shall be personally examined by a pain specialist and such shall be documented in the patient’s clinical record. E. A pain management clinic shall have enough qualified personnel who are available to provide direct patient care as needed to all patients and to provide administrative and nonclinical services needed to maintain the operation of the clinic in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.