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Bill Title: As enacted, specifies that if a treating physician determines that pain is persisting for an injured or disabled employee beyond an expected period for healing, then the treating physician, if the physician is a "qualified physician", may either prescribe or refer such employee for pain management, encompassing pharmacological, non-pharmacological and other approaches to manage chronic pain. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 56.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-29 - Pub. Ch. 1100 [SB3315 Detail]

Download: Tennessee-2011-SB3315-Draft.pdf

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