### Question
What does maintenance treatment mean?


### Answer
**Maintenance treatment** has the following meaning in *21 CFR § 1300.01*:

> the dispensing for a period in excess of twenty-one days, of a narcotic drug or narcotic drugs in the treatment of an individual for dependence upon heroin or other morphine-like drug.

#### Citation:
  - *21 CFR § 1300.01*
  - Heading: **Title 21-Food and Drugs > PART 1300—DEFINITIONS**

