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CHAPTER 10. Narcotic Treatment Programs

Chapter 10 added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 862, Sec. 114.

§§ 11839–11839.34 · 37 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Narcotic Treatment Programs §§ 11839–11839.22 · 25 sections
    • § 11839 The department, with the approval of the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, may contract with any public or private agency for the performance…
    • § 11839.01 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall amend Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 10000) of Division 4 of Title 9 of the California Code of…
    • § 11839.1 The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best interests of the health and welfare of the people of this state to coordinate narcotic treatment…
    • § 11839.2 The following medications are authorized for use in narcotic replacement therapy and medication-assisted treatment by licensed narcotic treatment programs: (a)…
    • § 11839.3 (a) In addition to the duties authorized by other statutes, the department shall perform all of the following: (1) License the establishment of narcotic…
    • § 11839.4 The department shall impose a civil penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) per day for a program that fails to timely submit a corrective action plan, or to…
    • § 11839.5 In addition to the duties authorized by other provisions, the department shall be responsible for licensing narcotic treatment programs to use narcotic…
    • § 11839.6 (a) The department shall establish a program for the operation and regulation of office-based narcotic treatment programs. An office-based narcotic treatment…
    • § 11839.6.1 (a) No sooner than July 1, 2022, the department shall establish a program for the operation and regulation of mobile narcotic treatment programs. A mobile…
    • § 11839.7 (a) (1) Each narcotic treatment program authorized to use narcotic replacement therapy in this state, except narcotic treatment research programs approved by…
    • § 11839.8 The director may deny the application for initial issuance of a license if the applicant or any partner, officer, director, 10 percent or greater shareholder,…
    • § 11839.9 (a) The director shall suspend or revoke any license issued under this article, or deny an application to renew a license or to modify the terms and conditions…
    • § 11839.10 (a) The department shall cease review of an application for a license if either of the following occur: (1) An application for a license indicates, or the…
    • § 11839.11 A narcotic treatment program license shall automatically terminate if the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration withdraws or revokes its…
    • § 11839.12 Except as provided in Section 11839.16, proceedings for the suspension, revocation, or denial of a license or cessation of review of a renewal license under…
    • § 11839.13 (a) The withdrawal of an application for a license after it has been filed with the department shall not, unless the department consents in writing to the…
    • § 11839.14 For purposes of this article, a conviction means a plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere. Any action that the…
    • § 11839.15 The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation of Section 11839.7, or the violation of a departmental order issued pursuant to Section 11839.16, in…
    • § 11839.16 (a) (1) The director shall, in addition to any other remedy, issue an order that prohibits a narcotic treatment program from admitting new patients or from…
    • § 11839.17 (a) In cases where a program is closing and the licensed entity that has agreed to assume temporary operation of the closing program is unable to do so, the…
    • § 11839.18 Any licensee may petition the director for waiver of licensure fees or late payment penalties for the current fiscal year based upon financial hardship. Prior…
    • § 11839.19 (a) The department shall not license the establishment of a narcotic treatment program without a written application by the treatment facility that meets…
    • § 11839.20 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in licensing narcotic treatment programs to provide a means whereby the patient may be rehabilitated and will no longer…
    • § 11839.21 The State Department of Health Services shall establish criteria for acceptable performance from those laboratories performing urinalysis or other body fluid…
    • § 11839.22 The state department shall require a system to detect multiple registrations by narcotic treatment program patients.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Narcotic Treatment Program Body Fluids Testing §§ 11839.23–11839.34 · 12 sections
    • § 11839.23 The State Department of Health Services shall adopt and publish rules and regulations to be used in approving and governing the operation of laboratories…
    • § 11839.24 Substance use testing for narcotic treatment programs operating in the state shall be performed only by a laboratory approved and licensed by the State…
    • § 11839.25 Each laboratory in this state that performs the test referred to in Section 11839.24 shall be licensed by the State Director of Health Services. The…
    • § 11839.26 The State Department of Health Care Services shall enforce this article and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this article.
    • § 11839.27 The State Department of Health Services shall annually publish a list of approved and licensed laboratories engaging in the performance of tests referred to in…
    • § 11839.28 Every laboratory that has been approved and for which a license has been issued shall be periodically inspected by a duly authorized representative of the…
    • § 11839.29 Any license issued pursuant to Section 11839.25 may be suspended or revoked by the State Director of Health Services. The State Director of Health Services may…
    • § 11839.30 The State Director of Health Services may deny a license if any of the following apply to the applicant, or any partner, officer, or director thereof: (a) The…
    • § 11839.31 The State Director of Health Services may suspend, revoke, or take other disciplinary action against a licensee as provided in this chapter, if the licensee or…
    • § 11839.32 The State Director of Health Services may take disciplinary action against any licensee after a hearing as provided in this article by any of the following:…
    • § 11839.33 All accusations against licensees shall be filed within three years after the act or omission alleged as the ground for disciplinary action, except that with…
    • § 11839.34 After suspension or revocation of the license upon any of the grounds set forth in this article, the license shall not be reinstated or reissued within a…