💊 Addiction Medicine / MAT Clinic · Kentucky
Kentucky: what a medical director of a addiction medicine / mat clinic must do
Whether Kentucky 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
Physician licensed under KRS 311.571.
Duties the rule assigns
- Be responsible for the medical aspect of the program
- Oversee patient admission
- Approve patient treatment plans
- Participate in quality assurance review
- Provide medical services, personally or via a designated physician, in-house or on-call, on a 24-hour basis
Notes
Codified for a chemical dependency treatment program's inpatient facility (902 KAR 20:160). Outpatient/office-based MAT settings were not separately confirmed to carry the same facility-level medical-director designation — verify which licensure category a given program falls under.
Sources (1)
Every agreement Kentucky names · Addiction Medicine / MAT Clinic in other states