Opioid Treatment, Section 2. General Program Standards

For an organization to achieve quality services, the persons served are active participants in the planning, prioritization, implementation, and ongoing evaluation of the services offered. A commitment to quality and the involvement of the persons served span the entire time that the persons served are involved with the organization. The service planning process is individualized, establishing goals and objectives that incorporate the unique strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences of the persons served. The persons served have the opportunity to transition easily through a system of care.  This curriculum examines how opioid treatment programs utilize a person-centered screening and assessment process to determine a person’s eligibility for services and ensure a comprehensive program structure that maximizes opportunities for persons served to participate.  Persons are actively involved in the direction of their services through a person-centered planning process, including planning for transition to other levels of care or other services, or discharge from services.  Standards address practices for the use of FDA-approved opioid agonist treatment medications used in the treatment of opioid addiction, practices for programs who provide other medication services, promotion of nonviolent practices, and best practices for ensuring quality records.  Also included is a course on the specialty standards for programs that deliver services via information and communication technologies.