💊 Addiction Medicine / MAT Clinic · Georgia
Georgia: medical director for a addiction medicine / mat clinic
Whether Georgia requires a physician medical director for a addiction medicine / mat clinic, the qualifications, duties and the rule it comes from.
Qualifications
Physician — 42 CFR § 8.12(b)(1) requires the program to 'formally designate a program sponsor and medical director'; the rule itself does not specify additional degree/board-certification criteria beyond physician licensure.
Duties the rule assigns
- Assume responsibility for all medical and behavioral health services performed by the OTP (§8.12(b)(2))
- Ensure the OTP complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations (§8.12(b)(2))
- Make/approve take-home medication eligibility determinations (§8.12(i)(2))
- Review initial medical examinations and approve treatment commencement
Notes
FEDERAL requirement (42 CFR Part 8, SAMHSA) applying to any certified Opioid Treatment Program (methadone/OTP clinic) regardless of state. Georgia's own DBHDD licensing rules for OTPs likely echo this, but rules.sos.ga.gov blocked automated access throughout this file's research (see module docstring), so that state-level echo is unverified. Applies to OTP/methadone settings, not office-based buprenorphine prescribing.
Sources (1)
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