Section 11842.5 - Alcohol and other drug abuse programAs used in this chapter, an alcohol and other drug abuse 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 problems of alcohol and other drug abuse.(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 drug abuse information.(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 problem of narcotics addiction or drug abuse. 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) Chemical dependency 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 chemical dependency 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 alcohol and other drug addiction, or alcohol and other drug abuse related problems that are either physiological or psychological in nature.Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 11842.5
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.