WAC 246-919-945. Pain management specialist — Chronic pain

A pain management specialist shall meet one or more of the following qualifications: (1) If an allopathic physician or osteopathic physician: (a) Is board certified or board eligible by an American Board of Medical Specialties-approved board (ABMS) or by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) in physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, rheumatology, or anesthesiology; (b) Has a subspecialty certificate in pain medicine by an ABMS-approved board; (c) Has a certification of added qualification in pain management by the AOA; (d) Is credentialed in pain management by an entity approved by the commission for an allopathic physician or the Washington state board of osteopathic medicine and surgery for an osteopathic physician; (e) Has a minimum of three years of clinical experience in a chronic pain management care setting; and (i) Has successful completion of a minimum of at least 18 continuing education hours in pain management during the past two years for an allopathic physician or three years for an osteopathic physician; and (ii) Has at least 30 percent of the allopathic physician's or osteopathic physician's current practice is the direct provision of pain management care or is in a multidisciplinary pain clinic. (2) If a physician assistant, in accordance with WAC 246-918-895 . (3) If a dentist, in accordance with WAC 246-817-965 . (4) If a podiatric physician, in accordance with WAC 246-922-750 . (5) If an advanced registered nurse practitioner, in accordance with WAC 246-840-493 .