No opioid laws
- Prescription rules (4/20/2017):
- Providers must discuss and document alternatives to opiates
- Providers must access VPMS (state monitoring system)
- Must provide patient education (standardized and developed by state) and informed consent
- Acute pain is broken down into minor, moderate, severe, and extreme pain; morphine mg equivalent limits set for each category
- Rules set by Dept of Health and not by statute