SECTION 450:24-3-61. Ambulatory withdrawal management services without extended on-site monitoring services

  Ambulatory withdrawal management shall be provided outside a medical facility in an outpatient setting, but under the direction of a licensed physician for consumers who are withdrawing or are intoxicated from alcohol or other drugs.

(1)   Presenting consumers shall be assessed as currently experiencing no apparent medical or neurological symptoms as a result of their substance use that would require a higher level of care using the ASAM criteria.

(2)   Treatment services: Services shall occur daily (seven [7] days a week during hours of operation). Substance use disorder ambulatory withdrawal management treatment services shall be provided which shall include, but are not limited to, taking of vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration rate, blood pressure), documentation of fluid and food intake a minimum of one (1) time per visit or more often as indicated by the consumer's condition.

[Source: Added at 28 Ok Reg 2025, eff 10-1-11; Amended at 31 Ok Reg 2042, eff 10-1-14; Amended at 34 Ok Reg 1806, eff 10-1-17; Amended at 35 Ok Reg 1845, eff 10-1-18]