The Vermont Department of Labor is proposing several rule amendments, including a requirement that medical providers who prescribe opioids to injured workers to comply with state protocols.
The proposed change to 11.1400 and 12.1730 rule would require medical providers who prescribe opioids to injured workers for chronic pain caused by a compensable work-related injury to comply with the state’s Rule Governing the Prescribing of Opioids for Pain, as amended July 1, 2017.
The department announced Monday that it filed the proposal with the Secretary of State.
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