Okla. Admin. Code § 450:70-4-4.1

Current through Vol. 41, No. 19, June 17, 2024

Section 450:70-4-4.1 - Staffing - Transportation, dispensing and responsibility

(a) The OTP shall have written policy and procedure to ensure that only appropriately trained and licensed medical personnel shall be allowed access to, transportation of, dispensing of, administration of, or responsibility for approved opioid agonist or partial agonist medications.

(1) Access to medication deliveries to an OTP shall be received, secured and inventoried by program personnel specifically designated for this task.

(2) Acceptance of delivery of scheduled medications must be made only by a licensed practitioner employed at the OTP or other authorized individuals designated in writing who must sign for all scheduled medications. Staff who are currently or previously experience a significant opioid use disorder are not allowed to perform this function.

(3) The OTP shall have one staff member to have primary responsibility for receiving, securing and inventorying medications.

(4) The OTP also shall identify additional program personnel who have authority to receive, store and inventory the medication at times when the individual designated to have primary responsibility is not available.

(5) The OTP shall maintain a written list of all designated personnel who have been authorized to receive, store and inventory the medication. This list shall be updated whenever a change in designated personnel occurs.

(b) Transportation of opioid medications by OTP staff shall also:

(1) Be limited to persons served by the OTP in a residential treatment facility, hospital, long-term care facility, or jail, or consumers receiving treatment through a mobile medication unit in accordance with 450:70-6-10.1; and

(2) Be done with an appropriate chain of custody form, such as the one available through the Division of Pharmacologic Therapies within SAMHSA.

(c) Compliance with 450:70-4-4.1 may be determined by:

(1) A review of policies and procedures,

(2) Personnel records,

(3) Privileging documents,

(4) Training records,

(5) Interviews with staff, and

(6) Other facility documentation.

Okla. Admin. Code § 450:70-4-4.1

Added at 30 Ok Reg 1442, eff 7-1-13

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 34, Issue 24, September 1, 2017, eff. 10/1/2017

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 40, Issue 22, August 1, 2023, eff. 9/15/2023