WAC 246-840-493. Pain management specialist

An advanced registered nurse practitioner pain management specialist, functioning as a consultant for the prescribing of chronic opioid therapy, shall meet the following qualifications: (1) Credentialed in pain management by a Washington state nursing care quality assurance commission-approved certifying or credentialing entity; or (2) Meet all of the following: (a) A minimum of three years of clinical experience in a chronic pain management care setting; (b) Successful completion of a minimum of at least eighteen continuing education hours in pain management during the past two years; and (c) At least thirty percent of the advanced registered nurse practitioner's current practice is the direct provision of pain management care or is in a multidisciplinary pain clinic.