The Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery (board), Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission and Department of Health are working on several rulemaking projects that may affect osteopathic physician practice. Details are on our Rules in Progress webpage.
The board is considering rule amendments in response to a rule petition requesting changes to the definition of the term "minimal sedation." To ensure the entire rule is current and aligns with best practices, the board will also consider other necessary changes to the rule.
Proposed dental anesthesia rules
The board is considering writing new rules to regulate the provision of anesthesia by an osteopathic physician in a dental setting. The board approved proposed rule language on May 21, 2021. A CR102 must be filed to set a hearing date, which is anticipated to take place this fall.
Electronic prescribing mandate and prescription monitoring program integration – SSB 5380
The Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission and the Department of Health (department) are jointly proposing a new section of rule to outline the electronic prescribing mandate included in SSB 5380. This new law allows for exceptions to the electronic prescribing requirement and situations in which a provider can be granted a waiver. Rule writing is underway to provide for situations where a waiver can be granted to exempt a provider from the electronic prescribing mandate.
SSB 5380 also requires that facilities, entities, offices, or provider groups with 10 or more prescribers that are not critical access hospitals must demonstrate the ability to integrate their Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems with the Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP). The bill directs the department to develop a waiver process for this integration requirement.
The department will write rules to create the waiver application process to establish the criteria for affected facilities, entities, offices, or provider groups to receive a waiver from the department to exempt them from complying with the EHR-PMP integration mandate. The time-limited waiver will be available for those that can demonstrate an inability to integrate an EHR with the PMP due to economic hardship, technological limitations that are not reasonably in the control of the facility, entity, office, or provider group, or other exceptional circumstance demonstrated by the facility, entity, office, or provider group.
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