{"data":{"id":"us-pa/35-pa.c.s.-5102","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"35 Pa.C.S. § 5102","heading":"Safe opioid prescription education.","body":"(a) Curriculum.--Beginning August 1, 2017, the licensing boards shall, by joint regulation, implement a safe prescription of a controlled substance containing an opioid curriculum. The curriculum may be offered in colleges or by providers approved by the licensing boards and shall include all of the following:\n(1) Current, age-appropriate information relating to pain management.\n(2) Multimodal treatments for chronic pain that minimize the use of a controlled substance containing an opioid.\n(3) If a controlled substance containing an opioid is indicated, instruction on safe methods of prescribing a controlled substance containing an opioid that follow guideline-based care.\n(4) Identification of patients who have risk factors for developing problems with prescription of a controlled substance containing an opioid.\n(5) Training on managing substance use disorders as a chronic disease.\n(b) Separation from standardized curriculum.--The education required under this chapter shall not be considered to be a mandate of the curriculum necessary for graduation. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a college from requiring such curriculum to be necessary to graduate after August 1, 2017.","path":["Title 35 - HEALTH AND SAFETY","PART III PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 51 SAFE OPIOID PRESCRIPTION"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=35\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=51\u0026sctn=2\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 35 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:32:43Z","sha256":"90f4179b5edc451d61e0b380a94e6b4f6bc850e6292c88c1332774a8ea283c44","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/35-pa.c.s.-5101","next":"us-pa/35-pa.c.s.-5103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}