Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 450 - Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Chapter 70 - Standards and Criteria for Opioid Treatment Programs
Subchapter 4 - Services Support and Enhancement
Part 3 - ORGANIZATIONAL AND FACILITY MANAGEMENT
Section 450:70-4-8.4 - Take-home doses, general requirements

Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 450:70-4-8.4

Current through Vol. 42, No. 7, December 16, 2024

(a) The OTP shall have written policy and procedure describing practices in accordance with the principle that take-home doses of methadone and buprenorphine are a privilege given only to those persons served who will benefit from them and who have demonstrated responsibility in taking methadone or buprenorphine as prescribed including:

(1) Programs must educate the person served regarding safe transportation and storage of methadone, as well as emergency procedures in case of accidental ingestion.

(2) Before take-home privileges are allowed, the person served must have a lock box for transportation of methadone and home storage.

(3) The program shall address the responsibilities of persons served granted take-home medications. The policies shall include methods of assuring appropriate use and storage of medication by persons served.

(4) The program shall address the disposal of take-home bottles for methadone to include;
(A) Requiring take-home bottles to be returned to the OTP and to require labels to be intact and the consequences for not returning bottles described.

(B) Allowing disposal of take-home bottles to include procedures to insure the ability of the OTP to check for diversion by requiring persons served to submit used take-home bottles in "call backs."

(b) Compliance with 450:70-4-8.4 may be determined by:

(1) A review of policies and procedures,

(2) Treatment records, and

(3) Other facility documentation.

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