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Michigan: medical director and delegated services for an addiction medicine or MAT clinic
Whether Michigan 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
Physician certified in addiction psychiatry or addiction medicine by a recognized American Board of Medical Specialties board (e.g., American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Preventive Medicine), OR one who has received 30 hours of ACCME-accredited continuing medical education/training in addiction psychiatry or addiction medicine within 1 year of hire, plus 30 hours every 3 years thereafter.
Duties the rule assigns
- Establishes admission criteria and treatment protocols
- Ensures individual treatment prescriptions are adequate, with documented precautions
- Arranges daily medical coverage for patient needs
- Credentials other physicians and clinicians authorized to prescribe medications
- Oversees all program physicians, physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses
Notes
Applies to licensed methadone and residential withdrawal-management substance use disorder programs (Opioid Treatment Programs) under the Mental Health Code (MCL 330.1260-330.1287), not to office-based buprenorphine prescribing outside an OTP — confirm which model a given addiction-medicine client operates under.
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