The Oregon Pain Management Commission provides Oregon specific training required for certain licensed health care professionals as directed by ORS 413.590.
History
Oregon's Pain Management Program, created by the state Legislature in 1999:
- Provides connections to information to help people manage chronic pain; and
- Raises awareness about chronic pain issues among health care providers, policy makers and the general public.
Through this website and other means, the Pain Management Commission disseminates information that helps patients and health care providers address chronic pain.
Mission
The mission of the Oregon Pain Management Commission stated in ORS 413.570 is to:
- Develop a pain management education program curriculum for a one-hour training and update it biennially.
- Provide health professional regulatory boards and other health boards, committees, or task forces with the curriculum.
- Work with health professional regulatory boards and other health boards, committees or task forces to develop approved pain management education programs as required.
- Take into account the needs of Oregon Tribal communities, communities of color and other groups who have been disproportionately affected by adverse social determinants of health, such as racism, trauma, adverse childhood experiences and other factors that influence how an individual experiences chronic pain.