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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 737 By: Deevers
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to the Oklahoma Interventional Pain
66	66	Management and Treatment Act; amending 59 O.S. 2021,
67	67	Section 650, which relates to i nterventional pain
68	68	management license; defining term; and providing an
69	69	effective date.
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75	75	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
76	76	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 650, is
77	77	amended to read as follo ws:
78	78	Section 650. A. This act shall be known and may be cited as
79	79	the “Oklahoma Interventional Pain Management and Treatment Act ”.
80	80	B. As used in this section:
81	81	1. “Chronic pain” means a pain state which is subacute,
82	82	persistent and intractable;
83	83	2. “Fluoroscope” means a radiologic instrument equipped with a
84	84	fluorescent screen on which opaque internal structures can be viewed
85	85	as moving shadow images formed by the differential transmission of
86	86	X-rays throughout the body; and
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138	138	3. “Interventional pain management ” means the practice of
139	139	medicine devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of chr onic pain,
140	140	through the use of such techniques as:
141	141	a. ablation of targeted nerves,
142	142	b. percutaneous precision needle placement within the
143	143	spinal column with placement of drugs such as local
144	144	anesthetics, steroids, analgesics in targeted areas of
145	145	the spinal column, or
146	146	c. surgical techniques, such as laser or endoscopic
147	147	diskectomy, intrathecal infusion pumps and spinal cord
148	148	stimulators; and
149	149	4. “Supervision” means that the supervising physician is
150	150	present in the office before, during, and after the procedure and
151	151	includes the authorization and evaluation of the procedure , ensuring
152	152	that the patient-physician relationship remain s intact.
153	153	C. It shall be unlawful to practice or offer to pra ctice
154	154	interventional pain management in this state unless such person has
155	155	been duly licensed under the provisions of the Oklahoma Allopathic
156	156	Medical and Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act or the Oklahoma
157	157	Osteopathic Medicine Act.
158	158	D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to forbid the
159	159	administration of lumbar intra -laminar epidural steroid injections
160	160	or peripheral nerve blocks by a certified registered nurse
161	161	anesthetist when requested to do so by a physician and under the
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213	213	supervision of an allopath ic or osteopathic physician licensed in
214	214	this state and under conditions in which timely on -site consultation
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216	216	E. A certified registered nurse anesthetist shall not operate a
217	217	freestanding pain manage ment facility without direct supervision of
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220	220	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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