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Recent Guidance on COVID-19 for Behavioral Health Programs

Health alerts and medication-assisted treatment best practices for staff, clinicians, and nurses working in OASAS settings.
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Addiction Medicine is the medical management of the disease of addiction in conjunction with substance use disorder treatment to enhance treatment retention, support successful outcomes and promote ongoing, long-term recovery. The historical understanding of successful addiction recovery has been attaining and maintaining complete abstinence from all mood-altering substances, including prescribed medications. As our knowledge of the physiological effects of addiction and brain chemistry has increased and the development of addiction medications expanded, our understanding of successful recovery has changed.

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Service Laboratories
OASAS providers performing on-site laboratory testing or interested in performing on-site laboratory testing (e.g. fingerstick glucose, urine pregnancy, dipstick urinalysis, breath alcohol) must obtain approval from the Department of Health’s Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program.

Medications Treatment of Use Disorders

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State and Local
Participant Screening and Search Integrating Person-Centered, Str...

This guidance explores strategies and resources for developing and implementing trauma informed screening and search practices and protocols.
Inpatient & Residential Programs, Health Alerts, Infection Control
Interim Inpatient and Residential Program Guidance

Interim infection control guidance for non-hospital based inpatient and residential addiction treatment providers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Issued 4/9/20. Updated 6/17/21.
COVID-19 Vaccine, Telepractice & Regulatory Guidance, Health Alerts
Article 31/32 Providers COVID-19 Vaccination Status Guidance

Guidance regarding COVID-19 education of clients and vaccination reporting status in OMH/OASAS faciltiies.
Staffing, Testing & Cleaning Protocols, Opioid Treatment Programs, Inpatient & Residential Programs, Health Alerts, Infection Control
Antigen Testing for Inpatient and Residential Facilities and OTPs

This guidance provides information on SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) POC Ag testing for New York State (NYS) Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) licensed, funded, and...
Medical Advisory Panel, Opioid Use Disorder
Medication Maintenance for Opioid Use Disorder

Guidance and best practices for long-term maintenance with medications for patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) from the OASAS Medical Advisory Panel.
State and Local
Guidance on Limitations on Participant Work Activities

Guidance addressing the appropriateness of OASAS program participants who become involved in work activities that are not directly related to their treatment and rehabilitation.