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Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-028 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

OTP Guidance for Patients Quarantined at Home with the Coronavirus (doorstep delivery protocol) (updated Mar. 30, 2020)

OTP Guidance for Patients Quarantined at Home with the Coronavirus

SAMHSA, Division of Pharmacologic Therapies, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment · United States (federal); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States (federal); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Level
Federal
Authority
42 C.F.R. 8.12(i), 8.11(h)
Issued
2020-03-30 Mar. 30, 2020
Effective
2020-03-30
End
Through the public health emergency (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 30, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationOther
Addressees
  • opioid treatment programs
Functions reached
  • CL clinical dosing
  • TR transport (staff deliveries)
  • WF workforce
  • CB patients under quarantine
Character
context
Collection
Other federal health agencies AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER

Operative words

Document that the patient is medically ordered to be under isolation or quarantine.... If a trustworthy member of the household is unavailable or unable to come to the OTP, then the OTP should prepare a 'doorstep' delivery of take home medications. Any medication taken out of the OTP must be in an approved lock box.... OTP staff must remain with the medication until the patient or designated household member arrives and retrieves the medication.

Enforcement

OTP certification conditions under 42 C.F.R. part 8; DEA exception DEA-DC-015

Retrieval note

File name carries 2020-04-01 (approximate posting); the text is stamped 'Updated 3/30/20'. it is not itself an order, rule, directive, resolution or condition of a license or contract. Cite it as context and cite the underlying order or statute as the instrument).