OAR 415-020-0050: Transitional Treatment

(1) The Opioid Treatment Program shall provide transitional care for patients for who continued opioid agonist medication maintenance is no longer deemed appropriate. (2) Transitional treatment services shall be provided with the purpose of assisting the patient to establish and maintain a stable, drug-free lifestyle. Transitional treatment will help prepare the patient to begin a reduction in opioid agonist medication dosage and shall be continued while the patient undergoes reduction in doses. The treatment shall continue following the final dose of opioid agonist medication, consistent with the clinical needs of the patient and consistent with The ASAM Criteria .