A school safety patrol established in any school as herein provided shall be composed of pupils attending in such school. The members of the patrol shall be under the supervision and control of a qualified employee of the district designated by the board, except as otherwise provided in Sections 1299, 49472 to 49473, inclusive, 49510 to 49517, inclusive, Article 1 (commencing with Section 49400) to Article 5 (commencing with Section 49470), inclusive, Article 8 (commencing with Section 49500) of Chapter 9 of this part, and this article. The provisions of this section shall not, however, be deemed to require the physical presence of such employee at any particular street or highway location where any such school safety patrol is functioning.