If:

1. (1) a court has reason to believe that an individual convicted of an offense is a drug abuser or an alcoholic or the individual states that the individual is a drug abuser or an alcoholic; and

2. (2) the court finds that the individual is eligible to make the request for treatment provided for under IC 12-23-6.1 ;

   the court may advise the individual that the individual may be placed on probation, subject to any mandatory minimum or nonsuspendible sentence imposed on the individual, if the individual requests to undergo treatment and is accepted for treatment by the division.

As added by P.L.187-2015, SEC.16.