Section 2060.460  Patient Education

a)         Each organization shall ensure that patient education is part of each patient's treatment plan or offered prior to development of the treatment plan.  Patient education may be provided individually or in a group and shall be provided to each patient at least once during an episode of care and documented in the patient record.

b)         Mandatory elements of patient education shall include, at a minimum, information about:

1)         The benefits and risks of MAR;

2)         As applicable, all medications authorized by the medical director for treatment of SUD, OUD, or any co-occurring disorder;

3)         Toxicology testing protocol, as applicable;

4)         The organization's treatment and recovery philosophy and description of recovery support services;

5)         Treatment protocol and all rules and consequences relative to patient conduct;

6)         Infectious disease risk reduction, including information about the prevention of tuberculosis, Hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, and other sexually-transmitted infections.  Education shall also include infectious disease etiology and transmission, associated risk behaviors (including information about needle sharing, sexual transmission, transmission to infants, etc.), symptomology, and clinical progression and the relationship to SUD behavior;

7)         The availability of counseling and testing services for infectious disease and the specific regulations regarding confidentiality relative to HIV/AIDS;

8)         As applicable, overdose prevention training relative to recognition of and response to an opioid overdose and the use and administration of naloxone; and

9)         Information about the effect of alcohol, cannabis, illicit drugs, and prescription medications on overall health and safety and their impact on safely operating a motor vehicle.

c)         Upon completion of all mandatory education specified in this Section, documentation indicating the type of education and the date received shall be noted in the patient record.