Minnesota Laws

Requirements for Licensure and Operations of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Question:

What personnel is required to be on staff for an OTP to become licensed?

Answer:
  • Medical director
  • Program director
  • Alcohol or drug counselor
This answer is derived from 3 section of law
Citation:
  • citation 1: see full citation
    A treatment service, including therapeutic recreation, must be provided by an alcohol and drug counselor according to section 245G.11, unless the individual providing the service is specifically qualified according to the accepted credential required to provide the service. Therapeutic recreation does not include planned leisure activities. see full law
  • citation 2: see full citation
    (d) "Medical director" means a practitioner licensed to practice medicine in the jurisdiction that the opioid treatment program is located who assumes responsibility for administering all medical services performed by the program, either by performing the services directly or by delegating specific responsibility to a practitioner of the opioid treatment program. see full law
  • citation 3: see full citation
    (3) if the practitioner that issued the order is not able to sign the order when issued, the unsigned order must be entered in the client record at the time it was received, and the practitioner must review the documentation and sign the order in the client's record within 72 hours of the medication being ordered. The license holder must report to the commissioner any medication error that endangers a client's health, as determined by the medical director. see full law