Rule 105-3-.10. Prohibited Intervention Practices & Activities

Rule 105-3-.10. Prohibited Intervention Practices & Activities

1. (1) The following intervention practices are specifically prohibited in FVIPs:

   1. (a) Any intervention approach that blames the victim or suggests that the victim's actions or behavior are responsible for the participant's conduct;
   2. (b) Any intervention approach that treats the violence as a mutually circular process, minimizes the responsibility of the participant, or does not state clearly that participants bear sole responsibility for their choices;
   3. (c) Any couples, marriage, or family therapy, counseling, or treatment;
   4. (d) Any intervention approach that excuses a participant's violence and behavior;
   5. (e) Any approach that coerces, mandates, encourages, or otherwise brings about the victim's participation;
   6. (f) Any anger management techniques or interventions that identify anger as the cause of domestic violence;
   7. (g) Any theories or techniques that identify psychopathology or substance abuse on the part of either party as the primary cause of domestic violence;
   8. (h) Any intervention or approach whose goal is to preserve the relationship and/or the family at the expense of safety for partners or family, or whose doctrines promote an unequal distribution of power in the relationship, which threatens the civil and human rights of the victim;
   9. (i) Any intervention that provides any form of advocacy for the participant that places the victim, current or former intimate partner, or family member at risk. Any action or inaction by the FVIP that reduces the likelihood of a participant facing appropriate consequences for their abusive behavior, or that increases the participant's chances of gaining privileges that could harm their partner or family;
   10. (j) Use of theories or techniques that identify poor impulse control as the primary cause of violence;
   11. (k) Any approach that attempts to use containment methods in an attempt to de-escalate the violence; and
   12. (l) Online, web-based programming operated by any person not duly certified by the Commission, including pre-recorded, self-paced, or non-instructor-led FVIP classes, is prohibited. Any online FVIP classes must be conducted in live sessions with at least one (1) Commission-certified Facilitator and in accordance with these rules.

Authority: O.C.G.A. §§ 19-13-13(a) & (b), 19-13-14(a) & (e), 19-13-17.

History. Original Rule entitled "Prohibited Intervention Practices and Activities" adopted. F. Dec. 3, 2018; eff. Dec. 23, 2018.

Amended: F. Feb. 23, 2026; eff. Mar. 15, 2026.