Authority: IC 12-23-1-6; IC 12-23-18

Affected: IC 12-23-18

Sec. 4. (a) The program shall establish and implement policies, procedures, and practices that do the following:

1. (1) Ensure access to a range of opioid addiction treatment services.
2. (2) Address the safety and health care needs of its patients.

(b) Services shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

1. (1) Medical services.
2. (2) Educational services.
3. (3) Counseling.
4. (4) Treatment planning and treatment plan review.
5. (5) Referrals to services not provided by the OTP, including recovery support, medical, mental health, vocational, educational, and employment services.
6. (6) Referrals to services when the provision of services at the OTP is prevented or interrupted in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.

(c) An OTP shall ensure the continued provision of opioid medication treatment in the event of an emergency or natural disaster that interrupts the OTP's provision of services.

(d) An OTP shall maintain an up-to-date and appropriately signed disaster planning agreement or memorandum of understanding with all other Indiana OTPs and other appropriate OTPs to assure the provision of services to enrolled patients if a disaster results in an OTP's inability to serve its patient population.

(Division of Mental Health and Addiction; 440 IAC 10-4-4; filed Dec 30, 2009, 2:00 p.m.: 20100127-IR-440080412FRA; readopted filed May 10, 2016, 11:24 a.m.: 20160608-IR-440160134RFA; readopted filed Nov 9, 2022, 4:31 p.m.: 20221207-IR-440220292RFA)