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N.J.S.A. 2C:45-5 — Medication-assisted treatment
Current through P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22
Part of Chapter 45, New Jersey Statutes.
Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:45-5
Statutory text current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22. This publication reproduces the official text of the New Jersey Statutes from the statute files published by the New Jersey Legislature; it is not the official statutes of the State of New Jersey.
2. In the case of a person who is sentenced to probation in accordance with N.J.S.2C:45-1, and who is ordered by the court as a condition of probation to undergo treatment for a substance use disorder involving drugs or alcohol, the temporary or continued management of a person's drug or alcohol dependency by means of medication-assisted treatment as defined herein, whenever supported by a report from the treatment provider of existing satisfactory progress and reasonably predictable long-term success with or without further medication-assisted treatment, the person's use of the medication-assisted treatment, even if continuing, shall not be the basis to constitute a failure to complete successfully the treatment program.
As used in this section, the term "medication-assisted treatment" means the use of any medications approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration to treat substance use disorders, including extended-release naltrexone, methadone, and buprenorphine, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a whole-patient approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.
L.2015, c.93, s.2.
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