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urn: urn:us-la:rs:40:2159
citation: "R.S. 40:2159"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 40 › Chapter 11 › Part IV-A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2013, number: 308, section: 1, effective_date: 2013-06-17, role: enactment }
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# Opioid treatment programs

The department shall not license any opioid treatment programs under the behavioral health services provider license unless the department, in its discretion, determines that there is a need for another opioid treatment program in a certain geographic location. The department has promulgated and adopted rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to provide for the criteria and processes for determining whether such a need exists and the procedures for selecting an opioid treatment program to be licensed once a need has been determined.