Health & Saf. Code, § 11834.015 · Article 1. General Provisions
Health & Saf. Code, § 11834.015
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The department shall adopt the American Society of Addiction Medicine treatment criteria, or an equivalent evidence-based standard, as the minimum standard of care for licensed facilities and shall require a licensee to maintain those standards with respect to the level of care to be provided by the licensee.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the department, without taking any further regulatory action, may implement, interpret, and make specific this section by means of all-county letters, plan letters, information notices, or similar instructions, until regulations are promulgated or amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) The department shall promulgate or amend regulations, as necessary, to implement, interpret, and make specific this section in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, by January 1, 2030.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 27, Sec. 26. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2026.
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