Ohio Code 5119.221 – Waiver or requirements; authority of director
(A) The director of mental health and addiction services, in accordance with procedures established under division (F)(5) of section 5119.22 of the Revised Code, may issue to a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services a time-limited waiver of the requirement of section 340.033 of the Revised Code that ambulatory detoxification and medication-assisted treatment be made available within the borders of the board’s service district if the director determines that both of the following apply:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5119.221
- Addiction: means the chronic and habitual use of alcoholic beverages, the use of a drug of abuse as defined in section 3719. See Ohio Code 5119.01
- Addiction services: means services, including intervention, for the treatment of persons with alcohol, drug, or gambling addictions, and for the prevention of such addictions. See Ohio Code 5119.01
- Drug addiction: means the use of a drug of abuse, as defined in section 3719. See Ohio Code 5119.01
- Mental health services: means services for the assessment, care, or treatment of persons who have a mental illness and for the prevention of mental illness. See Ohio Code 5119.01
(1) The board seeking the waiver has made reasonable efforts to make ambulatory detoxification and medication-assisted treatment available within the borders of the board’s service district;
(2) Ambulatory detoxification and medication-assisted treatment can be made available through one or more contracts between the board seeking the waiver and community addiction services providers that are located not more than thirty miles beyond the borders of the board’s service district.
(B) Each waiver issued under this section shall specify the amount of time for which it is in effect and whether it applies to ambulatory detoxification, medication-assisted treatment, or both.