Effective Jul 10, 2023Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 42, Sec. 32. (AB 118) Effective July 10, 2023.
(a) As used in this chapter, “alcohol or other drug program” or “program” means a business entity with a physical location in the State of California that provides one or more of the following services to clients:
(1) Treatment services.
(2) Recovery services.
(3) Detoxification services.
(4) Medications for addiction treatment.
(b) An individual health care practitioner duly licensed and regulated under Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code, acting within the scope of their license or certificate is not a program as described in subdivision (a).