To be licensed under this subtitle, a DUI education program shall:
- A. Provide services to individuals convicted under Transportation Article, §21-902, Annotated Code of Maryland, and ordered under Criminal Procedure Article, §6-219, to attend an education program;
B. Provide a comprehensive assessment, unless the participant has received an assessment by a licensed or certified clinician, or licensed program within the preceding 45 days, of a participant’s current status and relevant history in the following areas:
- (1) Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use (ATOD);
- (2) Employment or financial support;
- (3) Gambling behavior;
- (4) ATOD and gambling treatment history;
- (5) Mental health;
- (6) Legal involvement;
- (7) Family and social systems;
- (8) Educational involvement; and
- (9) Somatic health, including a review of medications;
- C. If the assessment determines that referral to a treatment program or other indicated service is necessary, make the referral and notify the court of the results of the assessment;
- D. Require participants to successfully complete, at a minimum, six weekly, 2-hour sessions for a total of 12 hours;
- E. Have instructors who, at a minimum, are certified as a Certified Supervised Counselor—Alcohol and Drug, as defined by Health Occupations Article, Title 17, Annotated Code of Maryland;
F. Teach the Administration’s curriculum or an equivalent curriculum approved by the Department, which covers:
- (1) Scope of the drinking-driver problem;
- (2) Drinking driver patterns and characteristics;
- (3) The pharmacology of drugs and alcohol;
- (4) The process of addiction to drugs and alcohol;
- (5) The relationship of substance use to criminal, health, family, and other social problems; and
- (6) Treatment resources; and
- G. Report to the court or probation agent, as specified by the court order.
Authority: Health-General Article, §§7.5-204, 8-402, 8-404, and 10-901, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: July 1, 2016 (43:10 Md. R. 585)