{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-3-601","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-3-601","heading":"Opioid substitution treatment programs – Definitions –","body":"Rules and standards - Violations.\n\nA. Any Class II controlled dangerous substance, when used in\n\nthis state by an opioid substitution treatment program for persons\n\nwith a history of opioid addiction to or physiologic dependence on\n\ncontrolled dangerous substances, shall only be used:\n\n1. In treating persons with a history of addiction;\n\n2. In treating persons with a one-year history of opioid\n\naddiction to or physiologic dependence on controlled dangerous\n\nsubstances, as defined by the Code of Federal Regulations, and\n\ndocumentation of attempting another type of treatment; or\n\n3. If clinically appropriate, the program physician may waive\n\nthe requirement of a one-year history of opioid addiction for\n\nconsumers within six (6) months of release from a penal institution,\n\nfor consumers with a pregnancy verified by the program physician, or\n\nfor consumers having previously received treatment for opioid\n\naddiction and within two (2) years of discharge from that treatment\n\nepisode.\n\nB. Any conviction for a violation of the provisions of this\n\nsection or any rules promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this\n\nsection shall be a Class D1 felony offense and shall be punished as\n\nprovided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21\n\nof the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nC. For the purposes of this section, “opioid substitution\n\ntreatment program” means a person, private physician, or\n\norganization that administers or dispenses an opioid drug to a\n\nnarcotic addict for the purposes of detoxification or maintenance\n\ntreatment or provides, when necessary and appropriate, comprehensive\n\nmedical and rehabilitation services. A private physician who\n\nadministers buprenorphine with a waiver from the Drug Enforcement\n\nAdministration shall not be considered an opioid substitution\n\ntreatment program.\n\nD. An opioid substitution treatment program shall be certified\n\nby the Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, or the\n\nCommissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services upon\n\ndelegation by the Board, and registered with the federal Drug\n\nEnforcement Administration for the use of an opioid drug to treat\n\nnarcotic addiction.\n\nE. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services\n\nshall promulgate rules and standards for the certification of all\n\nprograms, private facilities, and organizations which provide opioid\n\nsubstitution treatment directed to those physiologically dependent\n\non or addicted to opioids. These facilities and organizations shall\n\nbe known as “Opioid Substitution Treatment Programs”. Only\n\ncertified facilities may receive and assist opioid-dependent and\n\naddicted persons by providing Class II controlled substances in\n\nopioid substitution treatment and rehabilitation.\n\nF. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services\n\nshall promulgate rules and standards regulating the treatment and\n\nservices provided by opioid substitution treatment programs.\n\nFailure to comply with rules and standards promulgated by the Board\n\nshall be grounds for revocation, suspension or nonrenewal of\n\ncertification.\n\nG. An opioid substitution treatment program shall comply with\n\nall federal requirements for opioid treatment programs provided by\n\n42 C.F.R., Subpart C including but not limited to the requirement to\n\nprovide drug abuse testing services provided by 42 C.F.R., Section\n\n8.12(f)(6). Drug abuse testing shall be directly observed by an\n\nemployee or contractor of the opioid substitution treatment program.\n\nH. Opioid substitution treatment programs shall notify the\n\nDepartment of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services of plans to\n\nclose or relocate within a minimum of thirty (30) days prior to\n\nclosure or relocation.\n\nI. Failure to comply with rules and standards promulgated by\n\nthe Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services pursuant to\nctor of the opioid substitution treatment program.\n\nH. Opioid substitution treatment programs shall notify the\n\nDepartment of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services of plans to\n\nclose or relocate within a minimum of thirty (30) days prior to\n\nclosure or relocation.\n\nI. Failure to comply with rules and standards promulgated by\n\nthe Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services pursuant to\n\nthis section or failure to comply with the requirements of 42\n\nC.F.R., Subpart C shall be grounds for reprimand, suspension,\n\nrevocation or nonrenewal of certification.","path":["OK Code","Title 43A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os43A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"d260dd428b81dcb6d3890ea2e1d10839cf4e5e7bf716174902e663d764f85bda","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-3-461","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-3-602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}