RS 40:2159 - Opioid treatment programs The department shall not license any opioid treatment programs under the behavioral health services provider license unless the department, in its discretion, determines that there is a need for another opioid treatment program in a certain geographic location. The department has promulgated and adopted rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to provide for the criteria and processes for determining whether such a need exists and the procedures for selecting an opioid treatment program to be licensed once a need has been determined. Acts 2013, No. 308, §1, eff. June 17, 2013.
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