1. Sections 334.105 to 334.107 shall be known and may be cited as the “Intractable Pain Treatment Act”.

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

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 334.105

  • board: means the state board of registration for the healing arts in the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 334.020
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

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

(2) “Intractable pain”, a pain state in which the cause of pain cannot be removed or otherwise treated and which in the generally accepted course of medical practice no relief or cure of the cause of the pain is possible or none has been found after reasonable efforts that have been documented in the physician’s medical records;

(3) “Physician”, physicians and surgeons licensed pursuant to this chapter by the board;

(4) “Therapeutic purpose”, the use of controlled substances in acceptable doses with appropriate indication for the treatment of pain. Any other use is nontherapeutic.

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