New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 321 - SPECIALIZED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
Part 10 - OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAMS
Section 8.321.10.22 - DRUG SCREENING
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The program sponsor shall ensure that:
A. staff members have knowledge of the benefits and limitations of laboratory drug detection tests and other toxicological testing procedures;
B. a patient in comprehensive maintenance treatment receives at least eight random laboratory drug detection tests per year; short-term opioid treatment withdrawal procedure patients receive at least one initial drug abuse test; long-term opioid treatment withdrawal procedure patients receive an initial and monthly random tests; and other toxicological tests are performed according to written orders from the program medical director or medical practitioner designee;
C. laboratory drug detection tests and other toxicological testing specimens are collected in a manner that minimizes falsification;
D. laboratory drug detection tests for:
E. the results of a patient's laboratory drug detection tests or other toxicological test and any action taken relating to the results are documented in the patient record.