### Question
How is the term maintenance treatment defined?


### Answer
The term **maintenance treatment** is defined in *21 U.S.C. § 802* as the following:

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

#### Citation:
  - *21 U.S.C. § 802*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 13-DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL > SUBCHAPTER I-CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT > Part A-Introductory Provisions**

