| (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 commissioner of education under §100.1006 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 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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