NYACP/BU CME Pain Management Course
ATTENTION NYS LICENSED PRESCRIBERS 
If you are due to renew your NYS 3-year opioid-pain training mandate or, if you need to take the 3-hour training for the first time, the NY Chapter ACP is offering a newly updated online CME training program that has already been approved by the NYSDOH.
What You Need to Know
- Target Audience: Physicians, nurse practitioners, residents, registered nurses, nurses, physician assistants, dentists, and pharmacists.
- CME/MOC: The NYACP/BU educational activity will offer participants 3 Hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ in addition to 3 MOC Points through the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
- Licensed prescribers in NY are mandated to complete 3 hours of training every 3 years.
- Newly licensed prescribers are mandated to complete training within 1 year following receipt of your license and every three years thereafter.
- For Residents prescribing under a hospital or facility DEA number:
- Residents must complete the course within 1 year of the start of their residency and every 3 years thereafter
- Hospitals must attest that ALL residents prescribing under their institutional DEA number have completed the required training
- The course is $25.00.
- Coupon codes are available. Program directors, medical staff offices, large group practices, etc. can contact NYACP to request a specific number of coupon codes. The Chapter will send an invoice, collect payment, and within a day receive the list of coupon codes. It’s that simple!
- To be in compliance, prescribers must file the self-attestation after completing the course.
Background
NYACP, in collaboration with Boston University School of Medicine, is providing this course in response to NYS Public Health Law Section 3309-A, enacted in 2016, which requires professionals licensed under Title 8 of the NYS Education Law with a valid DEA number and every medical resident prescribing under a hospital or facility DEA number to complete a 3-hour training course covering the following specific elements:
- State and Federal laws on the prescribing of controlled substances
- Pain Management
- Appropriate Prescribing
- Managing Acute Pain
- Palliative Medicine
- Prevention/Screening/Signs of Addiction
- Responses to Abuse and Addiction
- End of Life Care
This course is designed in three modules. The first two modules are the highly acclaimed Boston University School of Medicine Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) Course. The 3rd module contains the newly updated final hour of elements required by the New York State law not covered in the SCOPE course.
Important Navigation Tip
This educational activity is easy to navigate. If you choose to exit the course with the intent to return and complete it at a later time, you must NOTE your position in the course prior to exiting (by slide number or recorded time). Upon resuming the course, it will automatically DEFAULT to the beginning of course. You can then use the navigation bar below the power point to find exactly where you left off within the module. When returning to the course go to the Scope of Pain page and log back in using the username (your email address ) and the password you created at initial registration. If you forgot your password, click forgot password and you will be emailed a new one.
Certificates
Upon completion, you should print 2 separate certificates. One certificate is for the 2-hours of SCOPE and one certificate for the additional New York specific content. These certificates should be retained in your files.
Attestation
For compliance purposes, prescribers must file the self-attestation after completing the course. Your attestation can be submitted online through your Health Commerce System (HCS) account.
Prescribers that do not have access to a computer can request a paper attestation form by calling the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement (BNE) toll-free at 1-866-529-1890. They may then complete the form and return it by mail to the address provided.
For auditing purposes, you should keep your course completion documentation for a minimum of six years from the date of the attestation deadline. Documentation must include the name of the course provider, name of the course, location it occurred, date it occurred, and number of hours completed.
Waivers and Exemptions
In certain very limited circumstances, the New York State Department of Health may grant an exemption to the required course work or training to an individual prescriber who clearly demonstrates to the department that there is no need to complete such training. Exemptions will be granted only in very limited circumstances, and not solely on the basis of economic hardship, technological limitations, prescribing volume, practice area, specialty, or board certification. Prescribers may request an exemption by utilizing the Health Commerce System.
To access the NYACP/BU course, www.nyacp.org/PainCourse