Section 11830.1 Of Chapter 7. Quality Assurance From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 10.5. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 7.
11830.1
. In order to ensure quality assurance of alcohol and other
drug programs and expand the availability of funding resources, the
department shall implement a program certification procedure for
alcohol and other drug treatment recovery services. The department,
after consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors
Association of California, and other interested organizations and
individuals, shall develop standards and regulations for the alcohol
and other drug treatment recovery services describing the minimal
level of service quality required of the service providers to qualify
for and obtain state certification. The standards shall be excluded
from the rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act
(Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code). Compliance with these standards
shall be voluntary on the part of programs. For the purposes of
Section 2626.2 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, certification
shall be equivalent to program review.