Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 24 - Mental Health
Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers
Chapter 53 - Opioid Treatment Services
Rule 24-2-53.8 - Multiple Enrollments

Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 24-2-53.8

Current through September 24, 2024

A. The program shall develop, implement, maintain and document implementation of written policies and procedures established to ensure that it does not admit or provide medication for a person who is enrolled in another Opioid Treatment Program.

B. The State Opioid Treatment Authority shall establish written guidelines, incorporated herein by reference, for participation in a central registry process to aid in the prevention of enrollment of a person in more than one (1) Opioid Treatment Program at the same time. Each Opioid Treatment Program shall provide written documentation of adherence to the State Opioid Treatment Authority guidelines that shall, at a minimum, include the following:

1. The program shall make a disclosure to the central registry at each of the following occurrences:
(a) A person is admitted for opioid treatment;

(b) A person is transferred to another agency provider for opioid treatment; and,

(c) A person is discharged from opioid treatment.

2. The program shall make disclosures in the format and within the time frames established by the State Opioid Treatment Authority.

3. The program shall limit disclosures of personal identifying information and the dates of admission, transfer, and discharge.

4. The program shall obtain the person's written consent, in accordance with 42 CFR Part 2, prior to making any disclosures to the central registry.

5. The program shall inform each person of the required written consent for participation in the central registry before services are initiated.

6. The program shall deny admission to people who refuse to provide written consent for disclosures to the central registry and shall document these denials in the person's record.

C. The program shall obtain the person's written consent, in accordance with 42 CFR Part 2, to photograph the applicant at the time of admission. The photograph shall be maintained in the person's record.

D. The program shall require that all people show proof of identification in the form of an official state driver's license or a non-driver's license issued by the state's Department of Public Safety. A copy of current identification will be maintained in the person's record.

Section 41-4-7 of the Mississippi Code, 1972, as Amended

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