PURPOSE: This rule requires a driver to complete a rehabilitation program after an arrest for driving while intoxicated or driving with excessive blood alcohol content and establishes standards for judging whether a program is comparable to Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Programs.

1. (1) Prior to reinstatement, any person whose driver license has been suspended or revoked pursuant to sections 302.304, 302.500–302.540, or 577.041, RSMo shall successfully complete a substance abuse traffic offender education or rehabilitation program approved by the Department of Mental Health. Completion of the program shall be accepted only if completed after the date of arrest for which the license was suspended or revoked pursuant to sections 302.304, 302.500–302.540, or 577.041, RSMo. AUTHORITY: sections 302.304, 302.540 and 577.041, RSMo Supp. 2003 and 302.342, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed Jan. 15, 1985, effective June 13, 1985. Amended: Filed Nov. 12, 1991, effective March 9, 1992. Amended: Filed July 2, 1992, effective Feb. 26, 1993. Amended: Filed March 9, 1995, effective Sept. 30, 1995. Amended: Filed Oct. 10, 2003, effective April 30, 2004. *Original authority: 302.304, RSMo 1961, amended 1972, 1973, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003; 302.342, RSMo 1991; 302.540, RSMo 1983, amended 1984, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003; and 577.041, RSMo 1982, amended 1987, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003.