Sec. 464.020. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION TREATMENT PROGRAMS. (a) A disciplinary alternative education program under Section 37.008 , Education Code, may apply for a license under this chapter to offer chemical dependency treatment services. (b) The board of trustees of a school district with a disciplinary alternative education program, or the board's designee, shall employ a mental health professional, as defined by Section 164.003 , to provide the services authorized by a license issued under this chapter to the disciplinary alternative education program. (c) The department may not issue a license that authorizes a disciplinary alternative education program to provide detoxification or residential services. (d) The board of trustees of a school district with a disciplinary alternative education program, or the board's designee, may contract with a private treatment facility or a person employed by or under contract with a private treatment facility to provide chemical dependency treatment services. The contract may not permit the services to be provided at a site that offers detoxification or residential services. Section 164.006 applies to a contract made under this section.
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