This regulation governs how the Pennsylvania Department may adjust the patient capacity of narcotic treatment programs (methadone/opioid treatment programs). Operators must submit a written request to increase capacity, after which the Department evaluates safety, physical facility adequacy, staffing, ability to provide required services, and location/hours of operation. The Department may also decrease capacity based on these same factors.
View official source28 Pa. Code § 715.5 - Patient capacity State Regulations Compare The Department may increase or decrease the number of patients a narcotic treatment program may treat. The Department may raise the patient capacity, upon the written request of the narcotic treatment program, based upon the Department's review of the narcotic treatment program. The factors the Department will consider include: (1) Safety. Considerations include dispensing time, internal patient flow and external traffic patterns. (2) Physical facility. Considerations include the number and size of counseling offices, waiting areas, restrooms, and dispensing and nursing windows. (3) Staff size and composition. Considerations include the number of narcotic treatment physicians, dispensing and counseling staff. (4) Ability to provide required services. Considerations include compliance with licensing and narcotic treatment program regulations as determined during licensing, monitoring and special visits to the narcotic treatment program. (5) Availability and accessibility of service. Considerations include the location of the narcotic treatment program and the hours of operation. Notes 28 Pa. Code § 715.5 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare. No prior version found. State Regulations Toolbox