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Pennsylvania: medical director and delegated services for an addiction medicine or MAT clinic
Whether Pennsylvania 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 holding either (a) 3 years' documented experience providing services to persons addicted to alcohol or other drugs, including ≥1 year treating narcotic addiction with a narcotic drug, (b) certification in addiction medicine by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, or (c) a certificate of added qualifications in addiction psychiatry from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. An interim medical director not yet meeting these may serve up to 36 months while working toward qualification under an approved training plan.
Duties the rule assigns
- Assume responsibility for administering all medical services performed by the narcotic treatment program
- Supervise narcotic treatment physicians
- Oversee nursing-staff protocols for medication dispensing and administration
Notes
Applies to narcotic (opioid) treatment programs under 28 Pa. Code Ch. 715. Onsite physician services required at least 1 hour/week per 10 patients; a narcotic treatment physician must otherwise be available for consultation/verbal orders whenever the program is open. General (non-OTP) drug-and-alcohol treatment facilities under 28 Pa. Code Ch. 704 have no equivalent medical-director role — only a facility director, clinical supervisors, and counselors, plus an on-call physician requirement for inpatient detox specifically.
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