(1) (a) The applicable licensing board for each licensed health care provider shall promulgate rules that require each licensed health care provider, as a condition of renewing, reactivating, or reinstating a license on or after October 1, 2019, to complete up to four credit hours of training per licensing cycle in order to demonstrate competency regarding: Best practices for opioid prescribing, according to the most recent version of the division's guidelines for the safe prescribing and dispensing of opioids; recognition of substance use disorders; referral of patients with substance use disorders for treatment; and the use of the electronic prescription drug monitoring program created in part 4 of article 280 of this title 12.
(b) The rules promulgated by each board shall exempt a licensed health care provider who:
Maintains a national board certification that requires equivalent substance use prevention training; or
Attests to the appropriate board that the health care provider does not prescribe opioids.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "licensed health care provider" includes a physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, dentist, advanced practice nurse with prescriptive authority, optometrist, and veterinarian licensed pursuant to this title 12.
Source: L. 2019: Entire section added, (SB 19-228), ch. 276, p. 2609, § 14, effective October 1.