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<section number="7-503" name="Purposes and Duties" law="code" slug="sec-7-503" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_7COSY_DIV5INSAPOBO_S7-503PUDU">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The purposes and duties of the Intermediate Sanctions Policy Board shall be to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Develop intermediate sanctions programs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Establish and review policy guidelines for intermediate sanctions programs; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Evaluate the effectiveness of intermediate sanctions programs.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board shall determine the scope and objectives for a pretrial diversionary program which includes the provision of substance abuse evaluation and treatment by public and private providers to nonviolent criminal defendants and youth adjudicated delinquent or pending adjudication and to develop recommendations and policies for the operations of the program.</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall develop policy guidelines for the regulation of public and private providers of court-ordered or court-referred drug treatment programs.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall develop operational standards for drug treatment programs which receive referrals from the Courts.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Board shall evaluate and recommend to the Courts drug treatment methodologies which are designed to reduce the risk of future criminal conduct by persons referred for treatment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Board shall develop criteria for evaluating potential candidates and policies and procedures for program participants.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The Board shall develop criteria for uniform sanctions for diverted persons who violate terms of pretrial diversion and conditions of probation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The Board shall establish criteria and evaluate data to determine the effectiveness of:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>Screening of program participants;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>Treatment program methodologies;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>Sanctions for violations; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="D">
        <text>Drug treatment program providers.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The term "intermediate sanctions" shall include all correctional diversionary programs, both pre- and post-incarceration.</text>
  </level>
</section>
