Oregon Laws

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

Question:

What types of services is an OTP required to provide?

Answer:
  • Behavioral health
  • Counseling
  • Job training
  • Education
  • HIV screening
  • Disease screening
  • Referral to legal services
  • Housing assistance
This answer is derived from 2 section of law
Citation:
  • citation 1: see full citation
    (1)  Treatment Services: The Opioid Treatment Program shall provide patients the following services and activities and document the time or manner of each service or activity in the patient record:(a)  Dispensing of approved opioid agonist medications;(b)  Individual group, or family counseling, as clinically indicated;(c)  Information and training in parenting skills;(d)  HIV, AIDS, tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases, and other infectious disease information;(e)  Completion of HIV, TB, STD risk assessment within 30 days of admission;(f)  Relapse prevention training; and(g)  For pregnant patients in a treatment program who were not admitted under OAR 415-020-0025(5), a treatment program shall give them the opportunity for prenatal care. If a program cannot provide direct prenatal care for pregnant patients in treatment, it shall establish a system of referring them for prenatal care, which may be either publicly or privately funded. If there is no publicly funded prenatal care available to which a patient may be referred, and the program cannot provide such services, or the patient cannot afford or refuses prenatal care services, then the treatment program shall, at a minimum, offer her basic prenatal instruction on maternal, physical, and dietary care as a part of its counseling service. see full law
  • citation 2: see full citation
    (2)  Community Resources: The program, to the extent of community resources available and as clinically indicated, shall provide patients with information and referral to the following services:(a)  Self help groups and other support groups;(b)  Educational services;(c)  Recreational programs and activities;(d)  Prevocational, occupational, and vocational rehabilitation;(e)  Life skills training;(f)  Legal services;(g)  Smoking cessation programs;(h)  Medical services;(i)  Housing assistance;(j)  Financial assistance counseling programs.(k)  Crisis intervention; and(l)  Comprehensive drug education. see full law