Florida Pain Clinic Society Applauds New Pain Clinic Rules ; Boards of Medicine (Md/Do) Rules to Regulate Clinics Take Effect in Florida

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Florida Society of Pain Management Providers (www.Flspmp.org) commends the Florida Board of Medicine (Onelia A. Lage, M.D., Chair / Larry McPherson, Executive Director) and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine (Joel Rose, DO, Chair / Anthony Jusevitch, Executive Director) in their issuances of Pain Clinic regulations that were mandated under SB 462 (2009) as sponsored by Senator Fasano and unanimously passed by the legislature. Final rules for Doctors of Osteopathic medicine (DO's) went into effect on November 8th and rules for Medical Doctors (MD's) go into effect on November 28th.

The pain clinic rules were developed by the Pain Management Clinic Standards of Practice Joint Committee which was comprised of members from both medical boards and chaired by Fred Bearison, MD. Over a period of fourteen months the joint committee held approximately nine rules workshops which were then followed with four separate rules hearings in front of their respective boards (MD / DO). Over the fourteen months of workshops and hearings it could be estimated that the joint committee and full boards heard hundreds of hours of testimony along with receiving thousands of pages of written submissions.

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Florida Pain Clinic Society Applauds New Pain Clinic Rules ; Boards of Medicine (Md/Do) Rules to Regulate Clinics Take Effect in Florida

Paul Sloan of the Florida Society of Pain Management Providers (FLSPMP) atte...

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