Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-42-.08

Current through September 10, 2024
Section 0940-05-42-.08 - MULTIPLE ENROLLMENTS
(1) The Facility shall have a procedure which shall ensure that no service recipient is enrolled in more than one opioid treatment program.
(2) The procedure shall take into account requirements for service recipient confidentiality.
(3) The Facility shall obtain a release of information from the service recipient in order to check the records by telephone or fax of every opioid treatment program within Tennessee and those opioid treatment programs within 75 miles of the Facility site so as to ensure that the service recipient is not currently enrolled in those programs as well. The release of information shall state that its purpose is to obtain information and records developed during prior admission(s) not contacts with admission. Results of that check shall be contained in the clinical record. This check shall be duplicated if the service recipient is discharged and readmitted at any time.

Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-42-.08

Original rule filed June 8, 1999; effective August 22, 1999. Amendment filed June 21, 2007; effective September 4, 2007. Per Executive Order 44 (February 23, 2007), rule was transferred from 1200-8-21 on May 15, 2008. Repeal and new rule filed September 20, 2012; effective December 19, 2012.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-3-1601, 4-4-103, 33-1-302, 33-1-305, 33-1-309, 33-2-301, 33-2-302, and 33-2-404.