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Alabama: medical director and delegated services for an addiction medicine or MAT clinic
Whether Alabama requires a physician medical director for an addiction medicine or MAT clinic, the qualifications, duties, and what the state says about the staff who deliver protocol-driven services.
Qualifications
A physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama with a minimum of one year of experience treating substance-related disorders.
Duties the rule assigns
- Assume responsibility for administering all medical services performed by the program, directly or by delegation
- Oversee admission, diagnosis, medication management, and patient care
- Ensure the program's compliance with federal, state, and local law
Notes
Confirmed for a Level 3.7-D narcotic treatment program under Alabama Department of Mental Health rules. The department regulates the wider substance-use continuum (opioid treatment programs, detox, MAT) under the same chapter, so the requirement very likely extends to other addiction-medicine program levels.
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