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Opioid Treatment Program guidance: blanket exception for take-home methadone doses (Mar. 16, 2020)

Methadone take-home flexibility for OTPs

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · United States (Federal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Federal
Authority
42 C.F.R. 8.11(h) exemption authority
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16 (State concurrence required) (read as 2020-03-16)
End
extended one year past the PHE; superseded by final rule (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • opioid treatment programs
Functions reached
  • CL
  • TM
  • CB
Collection
Physician Practices and Outpatient Care SEC-02

Operative words

On March 16, 2020, SAMHSA issued an exemption to Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) whereby a state could request 'a blanket exception for all stable patients in an OTP to receive up to 28 days of Take-Home doses... [and] up to 14 days' for less stable patients (current SAMHSA page describing the 2020 exemption)

Enforcement

conditions of OTP certification

Notes

Behavioral health; the retrieved file is SAMHSA's current page recounting the Mar. 16, 2020 exemption, not the 2020 document.

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