Restrictions for unsupervised use of methadone hydrochloride.
(a)If a deleted text begin physician with authority to…#
(a) If a deleted text begin physician with authority to prescribe deleted text end new text begin medical director or prescribing practitioner assesses and new text end determines that a client meets the criteria in subdivision 6 and may be dispensed a medication used for the treatment of opioid addiction, the restrictions in this subdivision must be followed when the medication to be dispensed is methadone hydrochloride. new text begin The results of the assessment must be contained in the client file. new text end
(b)During the first 90 days of treatment, the unsupervised…#
(b) During the first 90 days of treatment, the unsupervised use medication supply must be limited to a maximum of a single dose each week and the client shall ingest all other doses under direct supervision.