(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 §100.1079 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 Texas 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. Texas Government Code, Chapter 2254, Subchapter A, does not apply to a contract executed prior to September 1, 2001.