Informed Consent: Choose Your Own Treatment
Treatment can give you the opportunity to acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities to stay on the path to recovery and live a healthy, productive life. Treatment can occur in a variety of inpatient and outpatient care settings, including specialty OUD/SUD programs, primary care offices, hospitals and residential programs, and includes a range of services including withdrawal management, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), abstinence-based recovery, recovery supports, and behavioral therapies, among others. This guide will allow you to make the best-informed decisions based on your personal treatment needs. View guide here.
Driver's License Reinstatement
Passed in March 2019, concerning Driver's License Reinstatement, this statute outlines the waving of license reinstatement fees in some circumstances and providing for a method to reduce the license revocation period.
Peer Recovery Support Specialist Requirements
To view Chapter 504 on Substance Use Disorders of the BMS Provider Manual concerning Peer Recovery Support Specialist requirements, please click here. Details about PRSS can be found on pages 23 through 25. For a copy of the Peer Recovery Support Specialist Certification Application Form, please click here. A fillable form is also available to download at this site.
Standards and Credentialing Process for Addiction and Prevention Professionals
The West Virginia Certification Board for Addiction & Prevention Professionals is a voluntary board whose purpose is to certify the qualifications and competence of the persons who are engaged in professional addictions services, be it treatment or prevention.
