As used in this Part, the following definitions shall apply unless the content clearly states otherwise:

            (1) “Board” means the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.

            (2) “Department” means the Louisiana Department of Health.

            (3) “Pain management clinic” means a publicly or privately owned facility which primarily engages in the treatment of pain by prescribing narcotic medications.

            (4) “Physician” means an individual who possesses a current, unrestricted license to practice medicine in Louisiana, who during the course of his practice has not been denied the privilege of prescribing, dispensing, administering, supplying, or selling any controlled dangerous substance and who has not during the course of his practice had board action taken against his medical license as a result of dependancy on drugs or alcohol.

            Acts 2005, No. 488, §1, eff. July 11, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 665, §1.