Section 11842.5 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Alcohol and other drug abuse program As used in this chapter, a substance use disorder program includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Residential programs that provide a residential setting and services such as detoxification, counseling, care, treatment, and rehabilitation in a live-in facility.(b) Drop-in centers that are established for the purpose of providing counseling, advice, or a social setting for one or more persons who are attempting to understand, alleviate, or cope with their misuse or inappropriate use of alcohol or drugs.(c) Crisis lines that provide a telephone answering service that provides, in whole or in part, crisis intervention, counseling, or referral, or that is a source of general information about the misuse or inappropriate use of alcohol and drugs.(d) Free clinics that are established for the purpose, either in whole or in part, of providing any medical or dental care, social services, or treatment, or referral to these services for those persons recognized as having a substance use disorder. Free clinics include primary care clinics licensed under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 1204.(e) Detoxification centers that are established for the purpose of detoxification from drugs, regardless of whether or not narcotics, restricted dangerous drugs, or other medications are administered in the detoxification and whether detoxification takes place in a live-in facility or on an outpatient basis.(f) Narcotic treatment programs, whether inpatient or outpatient, that offer narcotic replacement therapy and maintenance, detoxification, or other services, in conjunction with that replacement narcotic therapy.(g) Substance use disorder programs, whether inpatient or outpatient and whether in a hospital or nonhospital setting, that offer a set program of treatment and rehabilitation for persons with a substance use disorder that is not primarily an alcohol dependency.(h) Alcohol and other drug prevention programs that promote positive action that changes the conditions under which the drug-taking behaviors to be prevented are most likely to occur and a proactive and deliberate process that promotes health and well-being by empowering people and communities with resources necessary to confront complex and stressful life conditions.(i) Nonspecific drug programs that have not been specifically mentioned in subdivisions (a) to (h), inclusive, but that provide or offer to provide, in whole or in part, for counseling, therapy, referral, advice, care, treatment, or rehabilitation as a service to those persons suffering from substance use disorder or other problems related to the misuse or inappropriate use of alcohol or drugs that are either physiological or psychological in nature.Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 11842.5
Amended by Stats 2024 ch 847 (AB 2995),s 66, eff. 1/1/2025.Amended by Stats 2013 ch 22 (AB 75),s 55, eff. 6/27/2013, op. 7/1/2013.Added by Stats 2004 ch 862 (SB 1838), s 119, eff. 1/1/2005.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.