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Arizona: what a medical director of a addiction medicine / mat clinic must do

Whether Arizona requires a physician medical director for a addiction medicine / mat clinic, the qualifications you need, and the duties the rule assigns.

Medical directorMedical director required
Title in the ruleMedical Director
Research date2026-09-03

Qualifications

As defined in 42 C.F.R. Part 8, incorporated by reference into the ADHS outpatient-treatment-center licensing rule for opioid treatment programs.

Duties the rule assigns

  • Full compliance with 42 C.F.R. Part 8's opioid treatment program requirements, including the medical director's federally-defined responsibility for the program's medical services

Notes

Arizona licenses opioid treatment programs providing medications for opioid use disorder as outpatient treatment centers, and requires full compliance with 42 C.F.R. Part 8 (which itself mandates a program medical director) — this is a federal SAMHSA requirement Arizona has adopted as a state licensing condition, not an independently-worded AZ standard.

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