California Code of Regulations
Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services
Division 4 - Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
Chapter 4 - Narcotic Treatment Programs
Subchapter 5 - Patient Treatment
Article 5 - Termination of Treatment
Section 10410 - Scheduled Evaluation of Maintenance Treatment
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) The medical director or program physician shall evaluate a patient's maintenance treatment after one continuous year of treatment. The medical director or program physician shall do the following:
(b) Patient status relative to continued maintenance treatment as specified in subsection (a) of this section shall be re-evaluated at least annually.
(c) The medical director or program physician shall document in the patient's record the facts justifying his or her decision to continue the patient's maintenance treatment as required by subsections (a) and (b).
(d) Each program shall submit in its protocol a specific plan for scheduled termination of maintenance treatment indicating an average period for a maintenance treatment episode before such scheduled termination. This termination plan shall include information on counseling and any other patient support that will be provided during withdrawal.
1. Change
without regulatory effect renumbering and amending parts of former section
10328 to
10410 filed 6-3-91 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 91, No. 34).
2. Amendment of article 5 heading,
section heading and section 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7-13-96 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following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 article 5 heading, section heading and section
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language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.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 article 5 heading, section heading and section 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must be transmitted to OAL by 2-26-97 or emergency language will be repealed by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 article 5 heading,
section heading and section 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 article 5 heading, section heading
and section 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, including amendment, transmitted to
OAL 6-2-97 and filed 6-13-97 (Register 97, No. 24).
9. Amendment of
subsection (a)(1) filed 6-29-98; operative 6-29-98 pursuant to Government Code
section
11343.4(d)
(Register 98, No. 27).
10. Change without regulatory effect amending
subsection (a)(2) and NOTE filed 4-19-2006 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2006, No. 16).
11. Amendment of section heading,
section and NOTE filed 5-7-2020; operative 7-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 11750, 11755, 11835, 11839.3 and 11839.20, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 11839.3 and 11839.20, Health and Safety Code.
