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Utah Code Title 58. Occupations and Professions § 58-17b-309.7. Opioid treatment program

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Covered provider” means an individual who is licensed to engage in:

(i) the practice of advanced practice registered nursing as defined in Section 58-31b-102;

(ii) the practice of registered nursing as defined in Section 58-31b-102; or

(iii) practice as a physician assistant as defined in Section 58-70a-102.

(b) “Opioid treatment program” means a program or practitioner that is:

(i) engaged in dispensing an opiate medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder;

(ii) registered under 21 U.S.C. Sec. 823(g)(1);

(iii) licensed by the Division of Licensing and Background Checks within the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section 26B-2-103; and

(iv) certified by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in accordance with 42 C.F.R. 8.11.

(2) A covered provider may dispense opiate medication assisted treatment at an opioid treatment program if the covered provider:

(a) is operating under the direction of a pharmacist;

(b) dispenses the opiate medication assisted treatment under the direction of a pharmacist; and

(c) acts in accordance with division rule made under Subsection (3).

(3) The division shall, in consultation with practitioners who work in an opioid treatment program, make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to establish guidelines under which a covered provider may dispense opiate medication assisted treatment to a patient in an opioid treatment program under this section.

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