California Code of Regulations
Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services
Division 4 - Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
Chapter 2 - Development and Administration of County Alcohol Programs
Article 6 - Requirements for 72-Hour Detoxification, Treatment, and Evaluation Services for Inebriates
Section 9452 - References and Transfers

When appropriate, the service shall refer or transfer the resident to the private or public alcoholism program which best meets the needs of the resident and which is available and able to accept the resident. Consideration shall be given, in each case, to referrals to outpatient facilities; day treatment facilities; Alcoholics Anonymous; indigenous self-help services; residential facilities for alcoholics including recovery houses, quarter-way houses, and halfway houses; and other alcoholic self-help counseling services. Personnel of the facility providing the 72-hour service shall communicate with any individual or agency to which the resident is being referred or transferred at or prior to the time of the referral or transfer.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 11751.4 and 11836, Health and Safety Code; and Section 5174, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 5170- 5176, Welfare and Institutions Code.