Section 440 IAC 10-4-42 - Phase treatmentAuthority: IC 12-23-1-6; IC 12-23-18
Affected: IC 12-23-18
Sec. 42.
(a) An OTP shall follow the maximum take home schedule as follows: (1) For patient time in treatment starting day one (1) through day ninety (90), the patient shall be allowed no more than one (1) take home dose of medication per week.(2) For patient time in treatment starting day ninety-one (91) through day one hundred eighty (180), the patient shall be allowed no more than two (2) take home doses of medication per week.(3) For patient time in treatment starting day one hundred eighty-one (181) through day two hundred seventy (270), the patient shall be allowed no more than three (3) take home doses of medication per week.(4) For patient time in treatment starting day two hundred seventy-one (271) through day three hundred sixty-five (365), the patient shall be allowed no more than six (6) take home doses of medication per week.(5) For patient time in treatment after one (1) year, the patient shall be allowed no more than seven (7) take home doses of opioid treatment medications per week unless the OTP obtained prior authorization from the division.(b) The OTP shall obtain prior authorization from the division before any patient is prescribed more than seven (7) take home doses of opioid treatment medications at one (1) time. The division may approve the authorization only under the following circumstances: (1) The program physician has issued an order for the opioid treatment medication.(2) The patient has not tested positive under a drug test for a drug for which the patient does not have a prescription for six (6) months.(3) The OTP has determined that the benefit to the patient in receiving the take home opioid treatment medication outweighs the potential risk of diversion of the take home opioid treatment medication.Filed 2/16/2015, 1:02 p.m.: 20150318-IR-440140343FRAReadopted filed 5/10/2016, 11:24 a.m.: 20160608-IR-440160134RFAReadopted filed 11/9/2022, 4:31 p.m.: 20221207-IR-440220292RFA