Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 715.22 - Patient grievance procedures(a) A narcotic treatment program shall develop and utilize a patient grievance procedure.(b) The procedure shall permit aggrieved patients a full and fair opportunity to be heard, to question and confront persons and evidence used against them and to have a fair review of their grievances by the narcotic treatment program director. If the grievance is filed against the narcotic treatment program director, the review of the case shall be conducted by either a multi-representative group of the narcotic treatment program or a subcommittee of the governing body instituted for the express purposes of grievance adjudication.(c) Penalties may not be initiated prior to final resolution with the exception that penalties may be initiated against patients who have committed acts of physical violence or who have threatened to commit acts of physical violence in or around the narcotic treatment program premises.