Section 11830.5 Of Chapter 7. Quality Assurance From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 10.5. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 7.
11830.5
. (a) The department, in consultation with the county
alcohol and drug program administrators and other interested
organizations and individuals, shall develop program standards
specific to each type of residential and nonresidential program, to
be used during its certification process. These standards shall be
advisory only and are excluded from the provisions of Section 11340.5
of the Government Code and other 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),
and Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 11835).
(b) The program standards shall include, but not be limited to,
both of the following:
(1) Recognition and characterization of different approaches and
solutions to the alcohol and drug problems that the department
determines have sufficient merit for a separate standard.
(2) Reference to the needs of youth, the elderly, women, pregnant
women, mothers and their children, gays, lesbians, the disabled, and
special populations, with recognition of innovative solutions to the
problems of those special populations.
(c) The program standards shall serve as educational documents to
inform the public of the current state-of-the-art in effective and
cost-efficient alcohol and drug problem programming.