Prism

Ask

California

Outpatient Heroin Detoxification Services.

22 CCR 51116

Source text

4 segments

22 CCR 51116

22 CCR 51116

§ 51116. Outpatient Heroin Detoxification Services.

(a)

“Outpatient detoxification services” means the administering or furnishing by a physician, or under the ongoing supervision of a physician, either of the following:

(1)

Methadone as a substitute narcotic drug in decreasing doses to reach a diminished or drug free state in a period not to exceed 21 days.

(2)

Nonnarcotic drugs to reduce or eliminate, over a period not to exceed 21 days, an individual's dependence on heroin or other morphine-like drugs.