Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 1. ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS

Part 2. Department

Nonopioid Alternatives To Opioid Prescriptions -- Educational Materials

50-1-207. Nonopioid alternatives to opioid prescriptions -- educational materials. The department of public health and human services shall develop and publish on its website an educational pamphlet regarding the use of nonopioid alternatives for the treatment of acute nonoperative, acute perioperative, subacute, or chronic pain. The pamphlet must, at a minimum, include:

(1) information on available nonopioid alternatives for the treatment of pain, including available nonopioid medicinal drugs or drug products and nonpharmacological therapies; and

(2) the advantages and disadvantages of the use of nonopioid alternatives.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 279, L. 2023.