Health and Safety Code § 11832.2

CHAPTER 7.1. Certification of Alcohol and Other Drug Programs

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 11832.2Official source ↗Ask about this

Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 27, Sec. 24. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2026.

(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) Withdrawal management 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).