How to form a Relationship with Your Local Law Enforcement Agency and Why

Release Date: April 04, 2012
Expiration Date: March 31, 2014

Intended Audience

Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Medical Assistants

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

Identify perceived barriers between pain management physicians and law enforcement.
Identify situations where a positive relationship with law enforcement can help practitioners who are accused of wrong doing by the media or community activists who are against clinicians who treat chronic pain.
Identify how a relationship can be made with your local law enforcement agency.

Statement of Need

Today, there are many ethical and honest pain management clinicians who seem to be directly and indirectly accused of negligently providing prescription pain medication to be sold on the street. Several pain management specialists throughout the United States have been wrongly identified by uninformed grass roots organizations, as well as the media, as being pill mills contributing to the current prescription drug abuse problem. These press reports that sensationalize overdose deaths and arrests for the possession of prescription narcotics tend to pressure elected officials and law enforcement to react. Having a professional, active relationship with your local law enforcement agency can be extremely helpful in mitigating these situations.

Method of Participation

This activity has a $10.00 fee and should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Participants should first read the objectives and other introductory CE information, then proceed to the educational offering. To receive credit for this activity, participants must complete the post-test with a passing score of 80%, then complete the evaluation. This credit is valid through March 31, 2014. No credit will be given after this date.

In the event you have questions about this activity or are unable to print the certificate, please email cme@dannemiller.com and a certificate will be emailed within 2 weeks.

System requirements

Computer or smart phone with internet access
Web browser (IE 7.0+ or Webkit/Mozilla Compatible) with Javascript enabled
HTML5 compatible browser or Adobe Flash Player

Accreditation

Dannemiller is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physicians

Dannemiller designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physician Assistants

AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for Category 1 credit from AOACCME, prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for completing this program.

Faculty

Jeffery Scott Huckabee
Chairman of the Board of Huckabee Consulting Inc.
President of DoctorsSafeguard.Com

Disclosures

In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), Dannemiller requires that any person who is in a position to control the content of a CME activity must disclose all relevant financial relationships they have with a commercial interest.

The following faculty have disclosed that they are part of the speakers bureau for Millennium Laboratories:

Scott Huckabee

Dannemiller staff, Paige Moskaitis, Continuing Education Project Manager, stated that she has no relationships with commercial interests.

To resolve identified/potential conflicts of interest, the educational content was reviewed by Bernard Abrams, MD, Medical Director, who has nothing to disclose. The resulting certified activity was found to provide educational content that is current, evidence based and commercially balanced.

Off-label statement

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by FDA. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications and warnings. Further, participants should appraise the information presented critically and are encouraged to consult appropriate resources for any product or device mentioned in this program.

Disclaimer

The content and views presented in this educational activity are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Dannemiller. This material is prepared based upon a review of multiple sources of information, but it is not exhaustive of the subject matter. Therefore, healthcare professionals and other individuals should review and consider other publications and materials on the subject matter before relying solely upon the information contained within this educational activity.

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