Opioid Prescribing Requirements and Pain Management/Addiction Disorders Continuing Education

According to RSA 328-E:13, all Naturopathic Doctors in the state of New Hampshire are required to submit CME that includes “3 hours of education in pain management or addiction disorders, or a combination thereof.”

PDMP Registration Instructions  

Board Approved Continuing Medical Education (CME) regarding Opioid Prescribing

Boston University School of Medicine

• SCOPE of Pain: Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education
• SCOPE of Pain: Conference Agenda
• Safe and Effective Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry

• Various Activities

American Academy of Physician Assistants

• Managing Pain Patients Who Abuse Prescription Drugs

American Pain Society

• REMS for ER/LA Opioid Analgesics: The Keys to Safe Use

Audio Digest Foundation

• Various educational activities

Federation of State Medical Boards

• Extended-Release and Long-Acting (ER/LA) Opioids: Assessing Risks, Safe Prescribing
• Model Policy for the Use of Opioid Analgesics in the Treatment of Chronic Pain

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

• Pain Action Consulting Team (PACT): A Mentoring Model CME

NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse

• Safe Prescribing for Pain

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

• Substance Use in Adults and Adolescents: Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)

Massachusetts Medical Society

• Managing Risk When Prescribing Narcotic Painkillers for Patients
• Legal Advisor: Identifying Drug Dependence
• Managing Pain Without Overusing Opioids
• Principles of Palliative Care & Persistent Pain Management (Modules 4 and 5)
• The Opioid Epidemic (6 Modules)
• Opioid Prescribing Series (6 Modules)
• New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines in Practice

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, NH Department of Health & Human Services, Foundation for Healthy Communities, NH Medical Society, and Anthem BlueCross BlueShield

• Medication Assistance Training (MAT) Waiver-X Certification Course