What is the state of pain medicine in Utah?
Utah has twice earned a C+ grade (A-F rating scale) in an assessment of state pain policies by the Pain & Policy Studies Group at the University of Wisconsin. Visit our Pursuit of Excellence section to learn more. Guidelines : In 1998, the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) adopted the Model Guidelines for the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain as a guide for state medical boards. By 2003, 22 states, including Utah, had adopted policies using all or part of the model guidelines (including Utah in 1999). Click here to read the guidelines: http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/ painpolicy/domestic/utmbguid2.htm In 1992, the Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing adopted a position paper called “Prescribing Controlled Substances for Cancer Pain.” Read it here: http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/painpolicy/domes tic/utmbguid.htm Read news from the Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing: http://www.dopl.utah.gov/news.
