South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-93 - Standards for Licensing Facilities for Chemically Dependent or Addicted Persons
Sec2 61-93.1200 - MEDICATION MANAGEMENT
Section 61-93.1200.1209 - Opioid Treatment Program Guest-Dosing (II)

Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 61-93.1200.1209

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024

A. When a Patient is separated from his or her Opioid Treatment Program for an extended period, and the Patient is in the vicinity of another Licensed Opioid Treatment Program, guest-dosing may occur provided there is: (I)

1. Authorization in writing from the sending Opioid Treatment Program Physician or other Authorized Healthcare Provider; and

2. Information from the sending Opioid Treatment Program to include at least the following: Patient name, identifying information, means of identity verification, dates of guest-dosing, amount of each day's dose, number of take-home doses (if any), urinalysis history, and any other information requested by the authorizing treatment Opioid Treatment Program.

B. Records of guest-dosing shall be maintained at the Opioid Treatment Program providing the guest-dosing.

C. Guest-dose status for a Patient shall not exceed twenty-eight (28) days unless there are special circumstances, and an extension of time is agreed upon by the two (2) Opioid Treatment Programs involved.

D. A Facility desiring to administer guest dosing for Patients from neighboring states in the event of a natural disaster or emergency shall:

1. Request that the Department concur that an emergency situation exists by contacting the Department;

2. Administer the guest-dosing only upon written orders from the Facility's Opioid Treatment Program physician; and

3. Maintain documentation of the physician's rationale for the dosing protocol and information utilized to make the decision.

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