334.105. Intractable pain treatment act--definitions. - Missouri Statutes

Intractable pain treatment act--definitions.

334.105. 1. Sections 334.105 to 334.107 shall be known and may becited as the "Intractable Pain Treatment Act".

2. For purposes of sections 334.105 to 334.107, the following termsmean:

(1) "Board", the state board of registration for the healing arts;

(2) "Intractable pain", a pain state in which the cause of paincannot be removed or otherwise treated and which in the generally acceptedcourse of medical practice no relief or cure of the cause of the pain ispossible or none has been found after reasonable efforts that have beendocumented in the physician's medical records;

(3) "Physician", physicians and surgeons licensed pursuant to thischapter by the board;

(4) "Therapeutic purpose", the use of controlled substances inacceptable doses with appropriate indication for the treatment of pain.Any other use is nontherapeutic.

(L. 1995 S.B. 125)