2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 192 Department of Health and Senior Services
192.355. Meetings of council held, when, powers and duties--funds and gifts may be accepted.

192.355. 1. Meetings shall be held at least every ninety days or at the call of the council chair.

2. The advisory council shall:

(1) Hold public hearings pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo, to gather information from the general public on issues pertaining to pain and symptom management;

(2) Make recommendations on acute and chronic pain management treatment practices;

(3) Analyze statutes, rules, and regulations regarding pain management;

(4) Study the use of alternative therapies regarding pain and symptom management and any sanctions imposed;

(5) Review the acute and chronic pain management education provided by professional licensing boards of this state;

(6) Examine the needs of adults, children, the terminally ill, racial and ethnic minorities, and medically underserved populations that have acute and chronic pain;

(7) Make recommendations on integrating pain and symptom management into the customary practice of health care professionals;

(8) Identify the roles and responsibilities of health care professionals in pain and symptom management;

(9) Make recommendations on the duration and content of continuing education requirements for pain and symptom management;

(10) Review guidelines on pain and symptom management issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services;

(11) Provide an annual report on the activities of the council to the director of the department of health and senior services, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president pro tempore of the senate, and the governor by February first of every year. Such report shall include, but not be limited to the following:

(a) Issues and recommendations developed by the council;

(b) Pain management educational curricula and continuing education requirements for institutions providing health care education;

(c) Information regarding the impact and effectiveness of prior recommendations, if any, that have been implemented; and

(d) Review of current policies regarding pain and symptom management and any changes thereto occurring in pain and symptom management.

3. The department of health and senior services may accept on behalf of the council any federal funds, gifts, and donations from individuals, private organizations, and foundations, and any other funds that may become available.

(L. 2003 H.B. 59 & 269)