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Board signs waiver under ORS to allow methadone clinic move to Klamath Works campus
Summary
The Klamath County Board approved a draft order waiving a statutory siting restriction to allow an opioid-treatment (methadone) clinic to relocate to the Klamath Works campus, which lies within 1,000 feet of a school; public health administrator recommended the waiver based on peer practice.
The Klamath County Board of Commissioners voted to sign a draft waiver under Oregon statute to exempt a proposed opioid treatment program (methadone clinic) from a 1,000-foot school-buffer siting restriction so it may locate on the Klamath Works campus.
County counsel presented a draft waiver of the siting restriction in ORS 430.590 that, if adopted, permits a local public health authority or county to waive the distance limitation to reduce barriers to medically necessary treatment at…
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