California Business and Professions Code

§ 2340.4

BPC § 2340.4 Effective Jan 1, 2017Div. 2 · Ch. 5 · Art. 14

Statute text

(a)If the board establishes a program, the board shall contract for the program’s administration with a private third-party independent administering entity pursuant to a request for proposals. The process for procuring the services for the program shall be administered by the board pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 10335) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. However, Section 10425 of the Public Contract Code shall not apply to this subdivision.

(b)The administering entity shall have expertise and experience in the areas of substance or alcohol abuse in healing arts professionals.

(c)The administering entity shall identify and use a statewide treatment resource network that includes treatment and screening programs and support groups and shall establish a process for evaluating the effectiveness of those programs.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 591, Sec. 1. (SB 1177) Effective January 1, 2017.