Make your voice heard! Last chance to comment on proposed opioid prescribing rules
The WSMA is urging members to review and provide feedback on the Washington State Medical Commission’s final proposed rulemaking establishing opioid prescribing requirements for physicians and physician assistants in our state. Don’t delay; your comments are due by Aug. 16. This is your last opportunity to provide input before the rules are finalized by the Medical Commission later this year.
While the current proposal is drastically improved over previous iterations, the WSMA remains concerned about the volume of administrative burden and liability these rules would place on physicians and physician assistants during the limited context of a patient encounter and the resulting impact on access to appropriate care. Learn more about these concerns by reviewing our formal comments on the rulemaking, submitted on behalf of the WSMA and Washington State Hospital Association joint opioid safe practices task force.
In addition to your own thoughts, your feedback to the Medical Commission may be as simple as endorsing WSMA and WSHA’s comments. Send your feedback on the draft rules to the Medical Commission at medical.rules@doh.wa.gov before Aug. 16.
For those available to attend in person, the Medical Commission will be holding a public hearing on the proposed rule on Aug. 22, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Hotel RL Olympia located at 2300 Evergreen Park Drive SW in Olympia.
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Interesting…, it is SEPT. 6, 2018 today, & this particular email, along with a few others from you were found in my SPAM!!!
I really feel like so many ‘action s that I could have taken are being PURPOSELY diverted, or otherwise tampered with so that folks CANNOT be heard, take action, etc…
I am so sorry to have missed this date …, thank goodness I’ve not missed them all!
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