The pain clinic rules and standards of care went into effect Nov. 8, 2010 for DOs and are expected to go into effect in March for MDs. The rules were development by the Pain Management Clinic Standards of Practice Joint Committee over a period of 14 months, according to the release.
Warren Pearson, currently executive director of the FLSPMP, said, “These rules now give the Department of Health the tool that was needed to get into these clinics and prosecute those that are causing the problem.”
Read the FLSPMP release on Florida pain clinics.
Read more on the recent legislation to limit pain clinic ownership:
–Three Dozen Florida Pain Clinics Close Under New State Law
–Pain Clinic License Revoked After Anesthesiologist Medical Director Contacts State
–Incoming Florida Governor to Eliminate Office of Drug Control
