Opioid Treatment Law and Legal Definition
Opioid treatment is defined by 42 CFR 8.2 as “the dispensing of an opioid agonist treatment medication, along with a comprehensive range of medical and rehabilitative services, when clinically necessary, to an individual to alleviate the adverse medical, psychological, or physical effects incident to opiate addiction. This term encompasses detoxification treatment, short-term detoxification treatment, long-term detoxification treatment, maintenance treatment, comprehensive maintenance treatment, and interim maintenance treatment.”
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
- Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
- Child Maltreatment
- Claim for Preferential Tariff Treatment
- Clinical Treatment Facility [Juvenile Law]
- Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act
- Continuous Treatment Doctrine
- Cruel and Inhuman Treatment
- Day Treatment Center
- Detoxification Treatment
