Provide the name of your practicing state’s organization, group, or task force that created guidelines or recommendations for pain management therapies and education. Briefly describe an overview of its development and include a web address where this information can be found. If your state does not have guidelines, discuss a federal guideline. (Note: you may need to contact your state’s board of nursing, pharmacy, or medicine if you cannot locate it on your own). Some states have multiple organizations or initiatives (ex, Ohio) in place to combat the opioid epidemic and advocate for safer opioid prescribing.

State-specific laws on medical devices prescribing for the nurse practitioner: Research your state laws on advanced practice nurses’ authority to prescribe medical devices. These are also called Durable Medical Equipment (DME). Based on research done on the state where you will practice clinically, include the following:
Identify the law, rule, code, or statute that describes the advanced practice nurse’s authority to prescribe medical devices or DME in your state.	Link to where you found law, rule, code, or statute for your state regarding prescribing DME in your state. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2018-title42-vol2/xml/CFR-2018-title42-vol2-sec410-38.xml#:~:text=1)%20Is%20ordered%20in%20writing%20by&text=the-,beneficiary’s%20attending%20physician%2C%20or%20by%20a%20specialty%20physician%20on%20referral,the%20supplier%20before%20the%20delivery	What does the law, rule, code, or statute say regarding prescribing DME in your state? Only an attending physician or a specialty physician can write a DME order upon referral from the beneficiary’s attending physician.
Discuss the provisions of the law, rule, code, or statute regarding the following:	Conditions or limits on prescribing medical devices or DME. A reference for a prescription from a face-to-face encounter.	Requirements (if any) in documentation needed to support the order of medical devices or DME. Beneficiary name, item description, amount, practitioner’s name, NPI, order date, and practitioner’s signature.

References

CDC. (n.d.). Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/pdf/prescribing/Guidelines_factsheet-a.pdf

Dowell, D. (2021). Draft Updated CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids: Background, Overview, and Progress. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. https://www.cdc.gov/injury/pdfs/bsc/BSC_Background_Overview_Progress-GL-Update_6_28_cleared_final_D_Dowell-508-fx.pdf

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