Sec. 464.052. EXEMPTION FOR FAITH-BASED CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TREATMENT PROGRAM  


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  • (a) Subchapter A does not apply to a chemical dependency treatment program that:

    (1) is conducted by a religious organization;

    (2) is exclusively religious, spiritual, or ecclesiastical in nature;

    (3) does not treat minors; and

    (4) is registered under Section 464.053.

    (b) The commission may not prohibit the use, by a program exempted under this subchapter, of the term "counseling," "treatment," or "rehabilitation."

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 663, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.