Section 11842.5 Of Chapter 12. Registration Of Narcotic, Alcohol, And Other Drug Abuse Programs From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 10.5. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 12.
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. As 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.