For a patient younger than eighteen years of age to be eligible for maintenance treatment in the opioid treatment program, the patient is required to have had two documented attempts at short-term detoxification treatment or drug-free treatment within a 12-month period. The program physician or other health care professional shall document in the patient's record that the patient continues to be or is again physiologically dependent on narcotic drugs. A patient under eighteen years of age may not be admitted to a maintenance treatment program unless a parent, legal guardian, or other person authorized by law to consent to treatment for the patient completes and signs consent form, "Form FDA 2635 Consent to Methadone Treatment".
N.D. Admin Code 75-09.1-10-08
General Authority: NDCC 50-31-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 50-31-08