When the patient enters the chronic pain phase, the patient shall be reevaluated as if presenting with a new disease. The physician assistant shall include in the patient's record:

(1) An appropriate history including:

(a) The nature and intensity of the pain;

(b) The effect of pain on physical and psychosocial function;

(c) Current and relevant past treatments for pain, including opioids and other medications and their efficacy; and

(d) Review of comorbidities with particular attention to psychiatric and substance use.

(2) Appropriate physical examination.

(3) Ancillary information and tools to include:

(a) Review of the PMP to identify any medications received by the patient in accordance with the provisions of WAC 246-919-985;

(b) Any pertinent diagnostic, therapeutic, and laboratory results;

(c) Pertinent consultations; and

(d) Use of a risk assessment tool that is a professionally developed, clinically recommended questionnaire appropriate for characterizing a patient's level of risk for opioid or other substance use disorders to assign the patient to a high-, moderate-, or low-risk category.

(4) Assessment. The physician assistant must document medical decision making to include:

(a) Pain related diagnosis, including documentation of the presence of one or more recognized indications for the use of pain medication;

(b) Consideration of the risks and benefits of chronic opioid treatment for the patient;

(c) The observed or reported effect on function or pain control forming the basis to continue prescribing opioids; and

(d) Pertinent concerns discovered in the PMP.

(5) Treatment plan as provided in WAC 246-918-860.