New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-A - Former Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention
Chapter He-A 300 - CERTIFICATION AND OPERATION OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG DISORDER TREATMENT PROGRAMS
Part He-A 304 - CERTIFICATION AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAMS
Section He-A 304.26 - Treatment Requirements for Withdrawal Management
Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) For each client participating in withdrawal management, the OTP shall administer methadone/buprenorphine in a way designed for the client to reach an opioid-free state and to make progress in the ASAM Criteria (2013), available as noted in Appendix A, domains within a period of up to 180 days.
(b) All requirements of He-A 304.23 through He-A 304.25 for treatment shall apply to withdrawal management.
(c) Before a withdrawal management program is repeated, the licensed practitioner shall document in the client's record that the client continues to be or is again physiologically dependent on opioids.
(d) Withdrawal management shall not be repeated unless a licensed practitioner documents in the client's record that the client continues to be or is again physiologically dependent on opioids; and
(e) Repetition of withdrawal management episodes shall be determined in accordance with 42 CFR Part 8.
