Every free-standing Opioid Treatment Program must be accredited by an accrediting group recognized by Director, beneath the current requirements of an accrediting group, in addition to meet additional elaborative standards and requirements because the Director determines are essential to implement the essential standards. OTPs adhere to necessities of the Department of Health and Human Services’ forty two CFR half 8, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, and the Drug Enforcement Agency. OTPs have to be either a definite a part of an otherwise authorized institutional provider or a free-standing program. Approval of hospitals by TRICARE is sufficient for his or her OTPs to be authorized TRICARE providers.