Improve the quality and availability of pain medicine services.

Certification exam: to evaluate qualified candidates who voluntarily appear for the examination and to certify as diplomates in pain medicine. recertification exam: to evaluate qualified candidates who voluntarily appear for the examination and to recertify as diplomates in pain medicine. pain medicine specialty outreach: to provide information and rationale to the public and concerned entities about obtainig recognition for pain medicine as a specialty. Maintain a registry for public information about the certification status of physicians who are certified in pain medicine.