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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.63.05.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="63" chapter_num="05" heading="DUI Education Program.">
  <text>To be licensed under this subtitle, a DUI education program shall:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>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;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>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:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use (ATOD);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Employment or financial support;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Gambling behavior;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>ATOD and gambling treatment history;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Mental health;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Legal involvement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Family and social systems;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Educational involvement; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Somatic health, including a review of medications;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>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;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Require participants to successfully complete, at a minimum, six weekly, 2-hour sessions for a total of 12 hours;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>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;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Teach the Administration’s curriculum or an equivalent curriculum approved by the Department, which covers:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Scope of the drinking-driver problem;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Drinking driver patterns and characteristics;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The pharmacology of drugs and alcohol;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The process of addiction to drugs and alcohol;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The relationship of substance use to criminal, health, family, and other social problems; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Treatment resources; and</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Report to the court or probation agent, as specified by the court order.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>