Pennsylvania Code
Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Part V - Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
Chapter 715 - STANDARDS FOR APPROVAL OF NARCOTIC TREATMENT PROGRAM
Section 715.6 - Physician staffing
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
(a) A narcotic treatment program shall designate a medical director to assume responsibility for administering all medical services performed by the narcotic treatment program.
(b) A narcotic treatment program may employ narcotic treatment physicians to assist the medical director. A narcotic treatment physician's responsibilities include:
(c) A narcotic treatment physician shall be otherwise available for consultation and verbal medication orders at all times when a narcotic treatment program is open and a narcotic treatment physician is not present.
(d) A narcotic treatment program shall provide narcotic treatment physician services at least 1 hour per week onsite for every ten patients.
(e) A physician assistant or certified registered nurse practitioner may perform functions of a narcotic treatment physician in a narcotic treatment program if authorized by Federal, State and local laws and regulations, and if these functions are delegated to the physician assistant or certified registered nurse practitioner by the medical director, and records are properly countersigned by the medical director or a narcotic treatment physician. One-third of all required narcotic treatment physician time shall be provided by a narcotic treatment physician. Time provided by a physician assistant or certified registered nurse practitioner may not exceed two-thirds of the required narcotic treatment physician time.
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 701.1 (relating to definitions).