California Code of Regulations
Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services
Division 4 - Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
Chapter 4 - Narcotic Treatment Programs
Subchapter 3 - Program Administration
Article 1 - Organizational Structure of Program and Staffing Requirements
Section 10110 - Medical Director

Universal Citation: 9 CA Code of Regs 10110

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) Each program shall have a medical director who is a licensed physician in the State of California. The medical director may also serve as the program director. The medical director shall assume the medical responsibility for all program patients by:

(1) Signing patient record notes.

(2) Placing patients in treatment.

(3) Initiating, altering and terminating replacement narcotic therapy medications and dosage amounts.

(4) Supervising the administration and dispensing of medications.

(5) Planning and supervising provision of treatment including regular review and notes in the patients' records.

(b) Other duties and responsibilities of the medical director shall be set forth in the protocol.

(c) The medical director may delegate duties as prescribed in the program protocol to another licensed program physician(s) but may not delegate his/her responsibility in (a) above to physician extenders.

1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering and amending parts of former section 10166 to 10110 filed 6-3-91 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 91, No. 34).
2. Amendment of subsections (a)(1)-(5) and NOTE filed 3-15-96 as an emergency; operative 3-15-96 (Register 96, No. 11). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-13-96 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE refiled 7-8-96 as an emergency; operative 7-12-96 (Register 96, No. 28). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-12-96 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE refiled 10-23-96 as an emergency; operative 10-29-96 (Register 96, No. 43). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-26-97 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
5. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE refiled 2-11-97 as an emergency; operative 2-24-97 (Register 97, No. 7). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-24-97 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
6. Certificate of Compliance as to 2-11-97 order transmitted to OAL 3-4-97; disapproved by OAL and order of repeal as to 2-11-97 order filed 4-15-97 (Register 97, No. 16).
7. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE filed 4-15-97 as an emergency; operative 4-15-97 (Register 97, No. 16). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-13-97 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
8. Certificate of Compliance as to 4-15-97 order transmitted to OAL 6-2-97 and filed 6-13-97 (Register 97, No. 24).
9. Change without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed 4-19-2006 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2006, No. 16).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 11755, 11835, 11839.3 and 11839.20, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 11839.2, 11839.3, 11839.20 and 11875, Health and Safety Code.

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