See, Section F.2.b, New York State Workers’ Compensation Board, New York Non-Acute Pain Medical Treatment Guidelines, First Edition, September 15, 2014.  This is important because an objection can be filed to the treatment and the continuing medications based upon the provider’s failure to comply with the Non-Acute Pain Medical Treatment Guidelines.  However, it is important to keep in mind that the Guidelines do not provide for complete cessation of opioids, but rather a transition of the claimant’s prior medication regime to one that is in compliance with the standards of the Non-Acute Guidelines.  