§ 43A-3-602. Course of treatment in opioid substitution treatment program – Maximum daily dose.

A.  A course of treatment in an opioid substitution treatment program may include, but shall not be limited to, short-term detoxification, interim maintenance treatment or comprehensive maintenance treatment depending on the availability of such services and the needs of the individual.

B.  The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall approve any drug and the formulation or formulations to be used in an opioid substitution treatment program and the Board shall promulgate rules establishing guidelines for the maximum daily dose, not to exceed limits set by the Code of Federal Regulations.  Pregnancy tests for women shall be conducted upon admission to an opioid substitution treatment program and at least annually thereafter, unless otherwise indicated.

Added by Laws 1980, c. 108, § 3, emerg. eff. April 10, 1980.  Amended by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 52, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.  Renumbered from § 660 of this title by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 103, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.  Amended by Laws 1987, c. 79, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1990, c. 51, § 87, emerg. eff. April 9, 1990; Laws 1996, c. 354, § 53, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 2001, c. 186, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 488, § 27, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 46, § 25, emerg. eff. April 8, 2003; Laws 2006, c. 97, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.