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News  Circular Letter: DHCQ 17-1-668 Implementation of the STEP Law: Voluntary Non-Opioid Directive Form

1/24/2017
  • Drug Control Program
  • Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality
  • Bureau of Health Professions Licensure

Circular letter

To: Acute Care Hospitals; Long-Term Care Facility Administrators; Massachusetts Controlled
Substance Registrants; Ambulance Services and their Emergency Medical Services Personnel;
Substance Use Treatment Providers; Licensed Nurses

From: Eric Sheehan, Director, Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality
James Lavery, Director, Bureau of Health Professions Licensure

CC: Allison F. Bauer, JD, LICSW, Director, Bureau of Substance Abuse Services

Date: January 24, 2017

Re: Implementation of the STEP Law: Voluntary Non-Opioid Directive Form

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