Central registry concerns growing among OTP providers and patients

Abstract

The “central registry” is a state‐run system in every state with opioid treatment programs (OTPs) and is designed with one purpose: to keep patients from enrolling in more than one program. The model central registry is New York's, set up decades ago by John Phillips, long retired from the state but an active member and co‐president of Stop Stigma Now. Legally, a central registry preserves the confidentiality of patient information, and collects no information other than what is needed to prevent multiple enrollments. It collects nothing about dose, pregnancy status, and so on.