(a) Applicability of section. This section applies to a charter
holder unless alternative procedures for selecting a provider of professional
services or a group or association of providers, or awarding a contract for
professional services, have been approved by the State Board of Education
under §100.103 of this title (relating to Optional Open-Enrollment Charter
Provisions for Contracting and Purchasing) and the open-enrollment charter
has been amended by the commissioner of education to adopt the approved procedures.
(b) Selecting professional services. A charter holder shall
select a provider of professional services or a group or association of providers,
and award a contract for professional services, in accordance with Government
Code, Chapter 2254, Subchapter A. A requirement in that subchapter that applies
to a school district or the board of trustees of a school district applies
to a charter school, the governing body of a charter holder, or the governing
body of a charter school.
(c) Definition. For purposes of this section, professional
services are services:
(1) within the scope of the practice, as defined by state law,
of accounting; architecture; landscape architecture; land surveying; medicine;
optometry; professional engineering; real estate appraising; or professional
nursing; or
(2) provided in connection with the professional employment
or practice of a person who is licensed or registered as a certified public
accountant; an architect; a landscape architect; a land surveyor; a physician,
including a surgeon; an optometrist; a professional engineer; a state certified
or state licensed real estate appraiser; or a registered nurse.
(d) Implementation schedule and transition. Government Code,
Chapter 2254, Subchapter A, does not apply to a contract executed prior to
September 1, 2001.
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