Sec. 10.63.05.05. DUI Education Program

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.