CHAPTER 3793: ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION SERVICES

(A) As used in this chapter:

(1) “Alcoholism” means the chronic and habitual use of alcoholic beverages by an individual to the extent that the individual no longer can control the individual’s use of alcohol or endangers the health, safety, or welfare of the individual or others.

(2) “Alcoholic” means a person suffering from alcoholism.

(3) “Drug addiction” means the use of a drug of abuse, as defined in section 3719.011 of the Revised Code, by an individual to the extent that the individual becomes physically or psychologically dependent on the drug or endangers the health, safety, or welfare of the individual or others.

(4) “Alcohol and drug addiction services” means services, including intervention, for the treatment of alcoholics or persons who abuse drugs of abuse and for the prevention of alcoholism and drug addiction.

(5) “Alcohol and drug addiction program” means a program that provides alcohol or drug addiction services and includes a facility or entity that operates such a program.

(6) “Gambling addiction” means the use of gambling by an individual to the extent that it causes psychological, financial, emotional, marital, legal, or other difficulties endangering the health, safety, or welfare of the individual or others.

(7) “Gambling addiction services” means services for the treatment of persons who have a gambling addiction and for the prevention of gambling addiction.

(B) Any reference in this chapter to a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services also refers to an alcohol and drug addiction services board in a service district in which an alcohol and drug addiction services board has been established under section 340.021 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 10-10-1989; 03-23-2005

(A) The department of alcohol and drug addiction services shall promote, assist in developing, and coordinate or conduct programs of education and research for the prevention of alcohol and drug addiction , the prevention of gambling addiction, the treatment, including intervention, of alcoholics and persons who abuse drugs of abuse, including anabolic steroids, and the treatment, including intervention, of persons with gambling addictions. Programs established by the department shall include abstinence-based prevention and treatment programs.

(B) In addition to the other duties prescribed by this chapter, the department shall do all of the following:

(1) Promote and coordinate efforts in the provision of alcohol and drug addiction services and of gambling addiction services by other state agencies, as defined in section 1.60 of the Revised Code; courts; hospitals; clinics; physicians in private practice; public health authorities; boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services; alcohol and drug addiction programs; law enforcement agencies; gambling addiction programs; and related groups;

(2) Provide for education and training in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and control of alcohol and drug addiction and of gambling addiction for medical students, physicians, nurses, social workers, professional counselors, psychologists, and other persons who provide alcohol and drug addiction services or gambling addiction services;

(3) Provide training and consultation for persons who supervise alcohol and drug addiction programs and facilities or gambling addiction programs and facilities;

(4) Develop measures for evaluating the effectiveness of alcohol and drug addiction services, including services that use methadone treatment, and of gambling addiction services, and for increasing the accountability of alcohol and drug addiction programs and of gambling addiction programs;

(5) Provide to each court of record, and biennially update, a list of the treatment and education programs within that court’s jurisdiction that the court may require an offender, sentenced pursuant to section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, to attend;

(6) Print and distribute the warning sign described in sections 3313.752, 3345.41, and 3707.50 of the Revised Code;

(7) Provide a program of gambling addiction services on behalf of the state lottery commission, pursuant to an agreement entered into with the director of the commission under division (K) of section 3770.02 of the Revised Code.

(C) The department may accept and administer grants from public or private sources for carrying out any of the duties enumerated in this section.

(D) Pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the department shall adopt a rule defining the term “intervention” as it is used in this chapter in connection with alcohol and drug addiction services and in connection with gambling addiction services. The department may adopt other rules as necessary to implement the requirements of this chapter.

Effective Date: 01-01-2004; 03-23-2005

The director of alcohol and drug addiction services shall do all the following:

(A) Organize the department of alcohol and drug addiction services for its efficient operation, including creating bureaus or offices as necessary;

(B) Appoint employees as necessary for the efficient conduct of the department and prescribe their titles and duties;

(C) Establish procedures for conducting the business of the department, including procedures for the custody, use, and preservation of records, papers, documents, and property.

Effective Date: 10-10-1989

The director of alcohol and drug addiction services may acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise such real and personal property rights in the name of the state as are necessary for the purposes of the department. The director, with the approval of the governor and the attorney general, may sell, lease, or exchange portions of real and personal property of the department when the sale, lease, or exchange is advantageous to the state. Money received from such sales, leases, or exchanges shall be credited to the general revenue fund.

Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 10-29-1999

The department of alcohol and drug addiction services shall develop, administer, and revise as necessary a comprehensive statewide alcohol and drug addiction services plan for the implementation of this chapter. The plan shall emphasize abstinence from the use of alcohol and drugs of abuse as the primary goal of alcohol and drug addiction services. The council on alcohol and drug addiction services shall advise the department in the development and implementation of the plan.

The plan shall provide for the allocation of state and federal funds for service furnished by alcohol and drug addiction programs under contract with boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services and for distribution of the funds to such boards. The plan shall specify the methodology that the department will use for determining how funds will be allocated and distributed. A portion of the funds shall be allocated on the basis of the ratio of the population of each alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district to the total population of the state as determined from the most recent federal census or the most recent official estimate made by the United States census bureau.

The plan shall ensure that alcohol and drug addiction services of a high quality are accessible to, and responsive to the needs of, all persons, especially those who are members of underserved groups, including, but not limited to, African Americans, Hispanics, native Americans, Asians, juvenile and adult offenders, women, and persons with special services needs due to age or disability. The plan shall include a program to promote and protect the rights of those who receive services.

To aid in formulating the plan and in evaluating the effectiveness and results of alcohol and drug addiction services, the department, in consultation with the department of mental health, shall establish and maintain an information system. The department of alcohol and drug addiction services shall specify the information that must be provided by boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services and by alcohol and drug addiction programs for inclusion in the system. The department shall not collect any information for the purpose of identifying by name any person who receives a service through a board, except as required by the state or federal law to validate appropriate reimbursement.

In consultation with boards, programs, and persons receiving services, the department shall establish guidelines for the use of state and federal funds and for the boards’ development of plans for services required by sections 340.033 and 3793.05 of the Revised Code.

In any fiscal year, the department shall spend, or allocate to boards, for methadone maintenance programs or any similar programs not more than eight per cent of the total amount appropriated to the department for the fiscal year.

Effective Date: 10-10-1989

A plan for alcohol and drug addiction services prepared in accordance with section 340.033 of the Revised Code shall be submitted to the department of alcohol and drug addiction services by each board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services at intervals specified by the department. The plan constitutes an application for funds distributed by the department pursuant to the comprehensive statewide alcohol and drug addiction services plan developed under section 3793.04 of the Revised Code.

The department shall review plans and approve or disapprove them in whole or in part. The department shall distribute funds to a board under this chapter if it approves all or part of the plan submitted by the board. The department may withhold all or part of the funds allocated to a board if it disapproves all or part of a plan. Prior to a final decision to disapprove a plan or to withhold funds from a board, a representative of the director of alcohol and drug addiction services shall meet with the board and discuss the reason for the action the department proposes to take and any corrective action that should be taken to make the plan acceptable to the department. In addition, the department shall offer technical assistance to the board to assist it to make the plan acceptable. The department shall give the board a reasonable time in which to revise the plan. The board thereafter shall submit a revised plan or a new plan to the department.

If the approval of a new plan remains in dispute thirty days prior to the conclusion of the fiscal year in which the board’s then current plan is scheduled to expire, the board or the department may request that the dispute be submitted to a mutually agreed upon third party mediator with the cost to be shared by the board and the department. The mediator shall issue to the board and the department its recommendations for resolution of the dispute. Prior to the conclusion of the fiscal year, the department, taking into consideration the recommendations of the mediator, shall make a final determination and approve or disapprove the plan, in whole or in part.

The department shall establish procedures for the review of plans and a timetable for submission and review of plans and for corrective action and submission of new or revised plans.

If a board determines that it is necessary to amend a plan that has been approved under this section, the board shall submit the proposed amendment to the department. The department may approve or disapprove all or part of the amendment. If the department does not approve all or part of the amendment within thirty days after it is submitted, the amendment shall be considered approved. If the department disapproves all or part of the amendment, it shall inform the board of the reasons for its disapproval and the criteria that the board must meet before the amendment can be approved. The department shall provide the board an opportunity to present its case on behalf of the amendment. The department shall give the board a reasonable time within which to meet the criteria and shall offer technical assistance to the board to help it meet the criteria.

The department may distribute funds for alcohol and drug addiction services specified by the department on a regional or statewide basis. Funds for these services may be distributed to a single board or a group of two or more boards. If the department chooses to distribute the funds to two or more boards, it shall require the boards to submit to the department a joint plan for provision of the services and use of the funds. In addition, the department shall, at the request of a single board or a group of two or more boards, consider a proposal that specified services be funded on a regional or statewide basis.

Effective Date: 10-10-1989

The department of alcohol and drug addiction services, in conjunction with the department of job and family services, shall develop a joint state plan to improve the accessibility and timeliness of alcohol and drug addiction services for individuals identified by a public children services agency as in need of those services. The plan shall address the fact that Ohio works first participants may be among the persons receiving services under section 340.15 of the Revised Code and shall require the department of job and family services to seek federal funds available under Title IV-A of the “Social Security Act,” 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, for the provision of the services to Ohio works first participants who are receiving services under section 340.15 of the Revised Code.

The plan shall address the need and manner for sharing information and include a request for the general assembly to appropriate an amount of funds specified in the report to be used by the departments to pay for services under section 340.15 of the Revised Code. The departments shall review and amend the plan as necessary.

Not later than the first day of July of each even-numbered year, the departments shall submit a report on the progress made under the joint state plan to the governor, president of the senate, and speaker of the house of representatives. The report shall include information on treatment capacity, needs assessments, and number of individuals who received services pursuant to section 340.15 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 07-01-2000

(A) The department of alcohol and drug addiction services shall evaluate and certify all alcohol and drug addiction programs in the state. Each program shall apply to the department for certification. No program shall be eligible to receive state or federal funds unless it has been certified by the department.

(B) No person shall represent in any manner that a program is certified by the department if the program is not certified at the time the representation is made.

(C) Pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and in consultation with members or representatives of boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, programs, individuals who receive alcohol and drug addiction services, and the department of mental health, the department shall adopt rules that establish all of the following:

(1) Minimum standards for the operation of programs, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) Requirements regarding physical facilities of programs;

(b) Requirements with regard to health, safety, adequacy, and cultural specificity and sensitivity;

(c) Requirements regarding the rights of recipients of services and procedures to protect these rights.

(2) Standards for evaluating programs;

(3) Standards and procedures for granting full or conditional certification to a program;

(4) Standards and procedures for revoking the certification of a program that does not continue to meet the minimum standards established pursuant to this section.

(D) Rules adopted under division (C) of this section shall specify the limitations to be placed on a program that is granted conditional certification.

(E) The department may visit and evaluate any program to determine whether it meets the minimum standards for certification established pursuant to division (C) of this section. In the case of a program that has a contract with or proposes to contract with a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, the department shall conduct the visit and evaluation in cooperation with the board. If the department determines that the program meets the minimum standards, it shall certify or recertify the program.

(F) If the department determines that a program that has a contract with a board or proposes to contract with a board does not meet the minimum standards for certification, it shall identify the areas in which the program does not meet the standards, specify what action is necessary to meet the standards, and offer technical assistance to the board to enable it to assist the program in meeting the standards. The department shall give the program a reasonable time within which to demonstrate that the program meets the minimum standards or to bring the program into compliance with the standards. If the department concludes that the program continues to fail to meet minimum standards, it shall deny certification and may request that the board reallocate the funds that the board is allocating to that program to another program that is certified. If the board does not reallocate the funds within a reasonable time, the department may withhold from the board the funds that the board is allocating to the program and allocate the funds directly to a recovery program certified by the department.

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this division. The rules shall specify the notice and hearing procedures to be followed prior to denial of certification or reallocation of funds.

(G) The department may withhold from a board all or part of the state and federal funds allocated for a program certified under this section in the event of failure of that program to comply with this chapter, Chapter 340. of the Revised Code, rules adopted by the department, or other provisions of state or federal law, including federal regulations.

If the department proposes to withhold funds, it shall identify the areas of the program’s noncompliance and the action necessary to achieve compliance and shall offer technical assistance to the board to enable it to assist the program to achieve compliance. The department shall allow a reasonable time within which the board or program shall demonstrate that the program is in compliance or the program shall bring itself into compliance. Before withholding funds, the department shall hold a hearing on the question of whether the program is in, or can be brought into, compliance. If, based on the hearing and other evidence, the department determines that compliance has not been, or cannot be, achieved, the department may withhold the funds and allocate all or part of the withheld funds to a certified program that is in compliance. That program shall use the funds to provide the services of the program that is not in compliance, until such time as it is in compliance.

The department shall establish rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this division.

(H) The department shall maintain a current list of alcohol and drug addiction programs certified by the department under division (A) of this section and shall provide a copy of the current list to a judge of a court of common pleas who requests a copy for the use of the judge under division (H) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code. The list of certified alcohol and drug addiction programs shall identify each certified program by its name, its address, and the county in which it is located.

Effective Date: 10-17-1996

(A) As used in this section:

(1) “Medicare program” means the program established under Title XVIII of the “Social Security Act,” 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended;

(2) “Medicaid program” means the program established under Title XIX of the “Social Security Act.”

(B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the department of alcohol and drug addiction services shall establish and administer a process for the certification or credentialing of chemical dependency counselors and alcohol and other drug prevention specialists for the purpose of qualifying their services for reimbursement under the medicare or medicaid program. The process shall be made available to any individual who is a member of the profession of drug abuse counseling or chemical dependency counseling or any individual who is an alcohol and other drug prevention specialist. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring such certification or credentials for services that are not reimbursed by medicare or medicaid.

The department shall cease to administer its process for the certification or credentialing of chemical dependency counselors and alcohol and other drug prevention specialists under this section at the earlier of the following:

(1) The date, which shall be specified in an agreement between the department and chemical dependency professionals board, on which the board is to assume, under Chapter 4758. of the Revised Code, the department’s certification duties;

(2) Two years after the effective date of this amendment.

(C) The department shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards and procedures for the certification or credentialing process. The rules shall include the following:

(1) Eligibility requirements;

(2) Application procedures;

(3) Minimum educational and clinical training requirements that must be met for initial certification or credentialing;

(4) Continuing education and training requirements for certified or credentialed individuals;

(5) Application and renewal fees that do not exceed the cost incurred by the department in implementing and administering the process;

(6) Administration or approval of examinations;

(7) Investigation of complaints and alleged violations of this section;

(8) Maintenance of the confidentiality of the department’s investigative records;

(9) Disciplinary actions, including application denial and suspension or revocation of certification or credentials;

(10) Any other rules the department considers necessary to establish or administer the certification or credentialing process.

(D)(1) Except as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, the department shall not issue an initial certificate or credential to practice as a chemical dependency counselor I, but may renew such a certificate or credential issued prior to the effective date of this amendment or pursuant to division (D)(2) of this section until the department ceases to administer the certification and credentialing process under this section.

(2) The department may issue an initial certificate or credential to practice as a chemical dependency counselor I to an individual if the individual submitted the application for certification or credentials to the department prior to the effective date of this amendment.

(E) The department shall investigate alleged violations of this section or the rules adopted under it. As part of its investigation, the department may issue subpoenas, examine witnesses, and administer oaths. The department shall ensure that all records it holds pertaining to an investigation remain confidential.

(F) With respect to hearings conducted by the department as part of the certification or credentialing process, both of the following apply:

(1) An individual whose application for certification or credentials issued under this section has been denied by the department may request a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under this section.

(2) The department may appoint a referee or hearing examiner to conduct the proceedings and make recommendations to the department as appropriate.

(G) The department shall maintain a record of all fees collected under this section. All fees collected shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the credentialing fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used solely to pay the costs of establishing and administering the process for certification or credentialing of chemical dependency professionals under this section.

Money credited to the credentialing fund under this section shall be transferred to the occupational licensing and regulatory fund created under section 4743.05 of the Revised Code at the earlier of the following:

(1) The date, which shall be specified in an agreement between the department and chemical dependency professionals board, on which the board is to assume, under Chapter 4758. of the Revised Code, the department’s certification duties;

(2) Two years after the effective date of this amendment.

(H) Certifications made and credentials issued by the Ohio credentialing board for chemical dependency professionals prior to the date the department establishes its certification or credentialing process under this section shall continue to be accepted by the department until, with respect to any particular individual, one of the following occurs:

(1) The individual’s certification or credentials from the board have expired.

(2) The individual’s certification or credentials from the board would be suspended or revoked by the department if the certification or credentials had been issued by the department under this section.

Effective Date: 12-23-2002

The department of alcohol and drug addiction services shall submit an annual report to the governor, which shall include all of the following:

(A) A statement of the number of people served by alcohol and drug addiction programs that receive funds distributed by the department, with a breakdown into categories including age, sex, race, the type of drug to which the person is addicted, and any other categories the director of alcohol and drug addiction services considers significant;

(B) A report measuring the success of alcohol and drug addiction programs, based on the use of measures for accountability developed by the department, including the percentage of people served by such programs who have not relapsed;

(C) Any other information that the director considers significant or is requested by the governor.

Effective Date: 09-29-1999

(A) There is hereby created the council on alcohol and drug addiction services which shall consist of the public officials specified in division (B) of this section, or their designees, and thirteen members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The members appointed by the governor shall be representatives of the following: boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services; the criminal and juvenile justice systems; and alcohol and drug addiction programs. At least four of the appointed members shall be persons who have received or are receiving alcohol or drug addiction services or are parents or other relatives of such persons; of these at least two shall be women and at least one shall be a member of a minority group.

The governor shall make initial appointments to the council not later than thirty days after October 10, 1989. Of the initial appointments, six shall be for terms ending July 31, 1991, and seven shall be for terms ending July 31, 1992. Thereafter, terms of office shall be two years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as the term it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of the member’s appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Members may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall hold office as a member for the remainder of the term. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration of the member’s term until the member’s successor takes office or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.

(B) The directors of health, public safety, mental health, rehabilitation and correction, and youth services; the superintendents of public instruction and liquor control; the attorney general; the adjutant general; and the executive director of the division of criminal justice services in the department of public safety shall be voting members of the council, except that any of these officials may designate an individual to serve in the official’s place as a voting member of the council. The director of alcohol and drug addiction services shall serve as a nonvoting member of the council.

(C) The governor shall annually appoint a chairperson from among the members of the council. The council shall meet quarterly and at other times the chairperson considers necessary. In addition to other duties specified in this chapter, the council shall review the development of the comprehensive statewide plan for alcohol and drug addiction services, revisions of the plan, and other actions taken to implement the purposes of this chapter by the department of alcohol and drug addiction services and shall act as an advisory council to the director of alcohol and drug addiction services.

(D) Members of the council shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

Effective Date: 07-01-1997; 06-30-2005

A drivers’ intervention program may be used as an alternative to a term of imprisonment for an offender sentenced pursuant to division (G)(1)(a) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, if it is certified by the director of alcohol and drug addiction services pursuant to this section. No drivers’ intervention program shall be used as an alternative to a term of imprisonment that is imposed pursuant to division (G)(1)(b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code.

To qualify for certification by the director and to receive funds from the statewide treatment and prevention fund created by section 4301.30 of the Revised Code in any amounts and at any times that the director determines are appropriate, a drivers’ intervention program shall meet state minimum standards that the director shall establish by rule. The rules shall include, but are not limited to, standards governing program course hours and content, qualifications of program personnel, methods of identifying and testing participants to isolate participants with alcohol and drug abuse problems, referral of such persons to alcohol and drug addiction programs, the prompt notification of courts by program operators of the completion of the programs by persons required by courts to attend them, and record keeping, including methods of tracking participants for a reasonable time after they have left the program.

The director shall issue a certificate to any qualified drivers’ intervention program. The certificate is valid for three years.

Effective Date: 01-01-2004

(A) No alcohol and drug addiction program shall employ methadone treatment or prescribe, dispense, or administer methadone unless the program is licensed under this section. No alcohol and drug addiction program licensed under this section shall maintain methadone treatment in a manner inconsistent with this section and the rules adopted under it.

(B) An alcohol and drug addiction program may apply to the department of alcohol and drug addiction services for a license to maintain methadone treatment. The department shall review all applications received.

(C) The department may issue a license to maintain methadone treatment to an alcohol and drug addiction program only if all of the following apply:

(1) The program is operated by a private, nonprofit organization or by a government entity;

(2) For at least two years immediately preceding the date of application, the program has been fully certified under section 3793.06 of the Revised Code;

(3) The program has not been denied a license to maintain methadone treatment or had its license withdrawn or revoked within the five-year period immediately preceding the date of application;

(4) It affirmatively appears to the department that the program is adequately staffed and equipped to maintain methadone treatment;

(5) It affirmatively appears to the department that the program will conduct methadone treatment in strict compliance with section 3719.61 of the Revised Code, all other laws relating to drug abuse, and the rules adopted by the department.

(D) A license to maintain methadone treatment shall expire one year from the date of issuance. Licenses may be renewed.

(E) The department shall establish procedures and adopt rules for licensing, inspection, and supervision of alcohol and drug addiction programs that maintain methadone treatment. The rules shall establish standards for the control, storage, furnishing, use, and dispensing of methadone, prescribe minimum standards for the operation of the methadone treatment component of the program, and comply with federal laws and regulations.

All rules adopted under this division shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. All actions taken by the department regarding the licensing of programs to maintain methadone treatment shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except as provided in division (K) of this section.

(F) The department of alcohol and drug addiction services shall inspect all alcohol and drug addiction programs licensed to maintain methadone treatment. Inspections shall be conducted at least annually and may be conducted more frequently. No person or government entity shall interfere with a state or local government official acting on behalf of the department while conducting an inspection.

(G) An alcohol and drug addiction program shall not administer or dispense methadone in a tablet, powder, or intravenous form. Methadone shall be administered or dispensed only in a liquid form intended for ingestion. A program shall not administer or dispense methadone to an individual for pain or other medical reasons.

(H)(1) As used in this division, “program sponsor” means a person who assumes responsibility for the operation and employees of the methadone treatment component of an alcohol and drug addiction program.

(2) An alcohol and drug addiction program shall not employ an individual who receives methadone treatment from that program. A program shall not permit an individual to act as a program sponsor, medical director, or director of the program if the individual is receiving methadone treatment from any alcohol and drug addiction program.

(I) The department may issue orders to assure compliance with section 3719.61 of the Revised Code, all other laws relating to drug abuse, and the rules adopted under this section. Subject to section 3793.13 of the Revised Code, the department may hold hearings, require the production of relevant matter, compel testimony, issue subpoenas, and make adjudications. Upon failure of a person without lawful excuse to obey a subpoena or to produce relevant matter, the department may apply to a court of common pleas for an order compelling compliance.

(J) The department may refuse to issue, or may withdraw or revoke, a license to maintain methadone treatment. A license may be refused if an alcohol and drug addiction program does not meet the requirements of division (C) of this section. A license may be withdrawn at any time the department determines that the program no longer meets the requirements for receiving the license. A license may be revoked in accordance with division (K) of this section.

(K) If the department of alcohol and drug addiction services finds reasonable cause to believe that an alcohol and drug addiction program licensed under this section is in violation of any provision of section 3719.61 of the Revised Code, or of any other state or federal law or rule relating to drug abuse, the department may issue an order immediately revoking the license, subject to division (L) of this section. The department shall set a date not more than fifteen days later than the date of the order of revocation for a hearing on the continuation or cancellation of the revocation. For good cause, the department may continue the hearing on application of any interested party. In conducting hearings, the department has all the authority and power set forth in division (I) of this section. Following the hearing, the department shall either confirm or cancel the revocation. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except that the program shall not be permitted to maintain methadone treatment pending the hearing or pending any appeal from an adjudication made as a result of the hearing. Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to the contrary, a court shall not stay or suspend any order of revocation issued by the director under this division pending judicial appeal.

(L) The department shall not revoke a license to maintain methadone treatment unless all clients receiving methadone treatment from the alcohol and drug addiction program are provided adequate substitute treatment. For purposes of this division, the department may transfer the clients to other programs licensed to maintain methadone treatment or replace any or all of the administrators and staff of the program with representatives of the department who shall continue on a provisional basis the methadone treatment component of the program.

(M) Each time the department receives an application from an alcohol and drug addiction program for a license to maintain methadone treatment, issues or refuses to issue a license, or withdraws or revokes a license, the department shall notify the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services of each alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district in which the program is operated.

(N) Whenever it appears to the department from files, upon complaint, or otherwise, that an alcohol and drug addiction program has engaged in any practice declared to be illegal or prohibited by section 3719.61 of the Revised Code, or any other state or federal laws or regulations relating to drug abuse, or when the department believes it to be in the best interest of the public and necessary for the protection of the citizens of the state, the department may request criminal proceedings by laying before the prosecuting attorney of the proper county any evidence of criminality which may come to its knowledge.

(O) The department shall maintain a current list of alcohol and drug addiction programs licensed by the department under division (C) of this section and shall provide a copy of the current list to a judge of a court of common pleas who requests a copy for the use of the judge under division (H) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code. The list of licensed alcohol and drug addiction programs shall identify each licensed program by its name, its address, and the county in which it is located.

Effective Date: 10-17-1996

(A) The department of alcohol and drug addiction services shall collect and compile statistics and other information on the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of alcoholics, drug dependent persons, and persons in danger of drug dependence in this state, including, without limitation, information on the number of such persons, the type of drug involved, the type of care, treatment, or rehabilitation prescribed or undertaken, and the success or failure of the care, treatment, or rehabilitation.

(B) No alcohol or drug addiction program shall fail to supply statistics and other information within its knowledge and with respect to its programs, upon request of the department.

(C) Communications by a person seeking aid in good faith for alcoholism or drug dependence are confidential, and this section does not require the collection or permit the disclosure of information which reveals or comprises the identity of any person seeking aid.

(D) Based on the information collected and compiled under division (A) of this section, the department shall develop a project to assess the outcomes of persons served by alcohol and drug addiction programs that receive funds distributed by the department.

Effective Date: 09-29-1999

(A) Records or information, other than court journal entries or court docket entries, pertaining to the identity, diagnosis, or treatment of any patient that are maintained in connection with the performance of any drug treatment program licensed by, or certified by, the director of alcohol and drug addiction services, under section 3793.11 of the Revised Code, shall be kept confidential, may be disclosed only for the purposes and under the circumstances expressly authorized under this section, and may not otherwise be divulged in any civil, criminal, administrative, or legislative proceeding.

(B) When the patient, with respect to whom any record or information referred to in division (A) of this section is maintained, gives consent in the form of a written release signed by the patient, the content of the record or information may be disclosed if the written release:

(1) Specifically identifies the person, official, or entity to whom the information is to be provided;

(2) Describes with reasonable specificity the record, records, or information to be disclosed; and

(3) Describes with reasonable specificity the purposes of the disclosure and the intended use of the disclosed information.

(C) A patient who is subject to a community control sanction, parole, or a post-release control sanction or who is ordered to rehabilitation in lieu of conviction, and who has agreed to participate in a drug treatment or rehabilitation program as a condition of the community control sanction, post-release control sanction, parole, or order to rehabilitation, shall be considered to have consented to the release of records and information relating to the progress of treatment, frequency of treatment, adherence to treatment requirements, and probable outcome of treatment. Release of information and records under this division shall be limited to the court or governmental personnel having the responsibility for supervising the patient’s community control sanction, post-release control sanction, parole, or order to rehabilitation. A patient, described in this division, who refuses to allow disclosure may be considered in violation of the conditions of the patient’s community control sanction, post-release control sanction, parole, or order to rehabilitation.

(D) Disclosure of a patient’s record may be made without the patient’s consent to qualified personnel for the purpose of conducting scientific research, management, financial audits, or program evaluation, but these personnel may not identify, directly or indirectly, any individual patient in any report of the research, audit, or evaluation, or otherwise disclose a patient’s identity in any manner.

(E) Upon the request of a prosecuting attorney or the director of alcohol and drug addiction services, a court of competent jurisdiction may order the disclosure of records or information referred to in division (A) of this section if the court has reason to believe that a treatment program or facility is being operated or used in a manner contrary to law. The use of any information or record so disclosed shall be limited to the prosecution of persons who are or may be charged with any offense related to the illegal operation or use of the drug treatment program or facility, or to the decision to withdraw the authority of a drug treatment program or facility to continue operation. For purposes of this division the court shall:

(1) Limit disclosure to those parts of the patient’s record considered essential to fulfill the objective for which the order was granted;

(2) Require, where appropriate, that all information be disclosed in chambers;

(3) Include any other appropriate measures to keep disclosure to a minimum, consistent with the protection of the patients, the physician-patient relationship, and the administration of the drug treatment and rehabilitation program.

(F) As used in this section:

(1) “Community control sanction” has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.

(2) “Post-release control sanction” has the same meaning as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 01-01-2004

Any person treated under this chapter or rules adopted under it shall retain his civil rights and liberties, including the right not to be experimented upon with treatment not accepted as good medical practice without his fully informed consent, the right as a patient to maintain the confidentiality of health and medical records, the right as a person detained for medical purposes to receive adequate and appropriate treatment, and the right to vote.

Effective Date: 10-10-1989

(A) The department of alcohol and drug addiction services, in accordance with division (B) of this section, shall give priority to developing, and promptly shall develop, with available public and private resources a program that does all of the following:

(1) Provides a manner of identifying the aggregate number of pregnant women in this state who are addicted to a drug of abuse;

(2) Provides for an effective means of intervention to eliminate the addiction of pregnant women to drugs of abuse prior to the birth of their children;

(3) Provides for the continued monitoring of women who were addicted to a drug of abuse during their pregnancies, after the birth of their children, and for the availability of treatment and rehabilitation for those women;

(4) Provides a manner of determining the aggregate number of children who are born in this state to women who are addicted, at the time of birth, to a drug of abuse, and of children who are born in this state with an addiction to or a dependency on a drug of abuse;

(5) Provides for the continued monitoring of children who are born in this state to women who are addicted, at the time of birth, to a drug of abuse, or who are born in this state with an addiction to or dependency on a drug of abuse, after their birth;

(6) Provides for the treatment and rehabilitation of any child who is born to a woman who is addicted, at the time of birth, to a drug of abuse, and of any child who is born with an addiction to or dependency on a drug of abuse.

(B) In developing the program described in division (A) of this section, the department may obtain information from the department of health and the department of job and family services, and those departments shall cooperate with the department of alcohol and drug addiction services in its development and implementation of the program.

(C) Immediately upon its development of the program described in division (A) of this section, the department shall implement the program.

(D) Any record or information that is obtained or maintained by the department in connection with the program described in division (A) of this section and could enable the identification of any woman or child described in division (A)(1) or (4) of this section is not a public record subject to inspection or copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 07-01-2000

(A) As used in this section, “state correctional institution” has the same meaning as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code.

(B) The department of alcohol and drug addiction services shall develop a program that is designed to educate and train the employees of each state correctional institution, the employees of each department of youth services institution, and other persons associated by contract or otherwise with each state correctional institution or each department of youth services institution, who will be responsible for the conduct of, or otherwise providing treatment or rehabilitation services pursuant to, a substance abuse treatment or rehabilitation program offered in the institution to adult prisoners or juvenile offenders. Upon the development of the educational and training program, the department of alcohol and drug addiction services promptly shall commence its implementation. The department of alcohol and drug addiction services may charge to the department of rehabilitation and correction and to the department of youth services a reasonable annual fee that reflects the expenses incurred by it during the immediately preceding calendar year in preparing and offering the educational and training program during that year to the respective employees and other associated persons described in this division.

The director of rehabilitation and correction and the director of youth services shall require the respective employees and other associated persons described in this division to attend and successfully complete the educational and training program developed pursuant to this division as a condition of their continuing to have responsibility for the conduct of, or their continuing to provide treatment or rehabilitation services pursuant to, any treatment or rehabilitation program that is offered in a state correctional institution or in a department of youth services institution to adult prisoners or juvenile offenders. If the department of alcohol and drug addiction services charges a reasonable annual fee as described in this division, the director involved shall cause that fee to be paid from any available funds of the department of rehabilitation and correction or any available funds of the department of youth services.

(C) The department of rehabilitation and correction and the department of alcohol and drug addiction services jointly shall develop program specifications for the alcohol and drug addiction treatment programs offered in state correctional institutions.

Effective Date: 09-29-1995

Effective Date: 07-01-1993

The department of alcohol and drug addiction services promptly shall develop and maintain a program that continually provides the courts of this state with relevant information pertaining to alcohol and drug addiction services and programs available both within their jurisdictions and statewide in order to facilitate the ability of the courts to utilize treatment and rehabilitation alternatives in addition to or in lieu of imposing sentences of imprisonment upon appropriate offenders.

Effective Date: 08-22-1990

There is hereby created in the state treasury the revolving loans for recovery homes fund. The fund shall consist of money received by the state from the federal government under section 1916A (a) of the “Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988,” 102 Stat. 4202, 42 U.S.C. 300x-4a, to establish a revolving loan fund to make loans for the costs of establishing programs for the provision of housing in which individuals recovering from alcohol or drug abuse may reside in groups of not less than four individuals. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.

Effective Date: 07-26-1991

(A) On application by government entities or private nonprofit agencies incorporated to provide alcohol and drug addiction services, state participation in construction or renovation of community residential treatment and outpatient facilities for alcohol and drug addiction services may be approved as follows to the extent funds are available:

(1) The director of alcohol and drug addiction services may approve the provision of up to eighty per cent of the total project cost where circumstances warrant.

(2) The director may, where circumstances warrant, use the value of existing facilities or other in-kind match for the local share of the communities’ share of the cost.

(3) Upon recommendation of the director, for services of the highest priority of the department of alcohol and drug addiction services, state participation may be approved by the controlling board in amounts that exceed the amount authorized under division (A)(1) of this section.

(B) The director of alcohol and drug addiction services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section.

Effective Date: 07-22-1994

(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 3793.11 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.

(B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 3793.06 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(C) Whoever violates division (B) of section 3793.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(D) Whoever violates section 3793.13 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.

Effective Date: 07-01-1996