Indiana Administrative Code
Title 845 - BOARD OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE
Article 2 - OPIOID PRESCRIBING REQUIREMENTS
Rule 1 - General Provisions
Section 1-3 - Triggers for imposition of requirements; exemptions
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 25-22.5-13-3
Affected: IC 16-21; IC 16-25; IC 16-28; IC 25-1-9; IC 25-29
Sec. 3.
(a) This section and sections 4 through 9 of this rule establish requirements concerning the use of opioids for chronic pain management for patients.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), this section and sections 4 through 9 of this rule shall not apply to the use of opioids for chronic pain management for the following:
However, a period of time that a patient who was, but is no longer, a resident or patient as described in subdivisions (2) through (4) shall be included in the calculations under subsection (c).
(c) The requirements in the sections identified in subsection (a) only apply if a patient has been prescribed:
Subdivisions (1) and (2) do not apply to the controlled substances addressed by subdivisions (3) through (5).
(d) Because the requirements in the sections identified in subsection (a) do not apply until the time stated in subsection (c), the initial evaluation of the patient for the purposes of sections 4, 7, and 8(a) of this rule shall not be required to take place until that time.
(e) Notwithstanding subsection (d), the podiatrist may undertake those actions earlier than required if the podiatrist deems it medically appropriate and, if those actions meet the requirements, a further initial evaluation is not required. If the podiatrist conducts actions earlier than required under this subsection, any subsequent requirements are determined by when the initial evaluation would have been required and not at the earlier date it actually was conducted.