Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 375 - RULES OF DEPARTMENT OF DRIVER SERVICES › Chapter 375-5 - DRIVER TRAINING AND DRIVER IMPROVEMENT › Subject 375-5-6 - DUI ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE RISK REDUCTION PROGRAM › Rule 375-5-6-.14 - Assessment Component

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Programs shall only use the Assessment
				Component designated by the Department.
(2) An Assessment Component contract between
				the Program and Student or Offender must be executed before the Assessment
				Component can be administered.
(3)
				Assessment Components shall be conducted in accordance with the following
				criteria:
(a) All persons attending the
				Program shall be undergo an Assessment Component;
(b) Assessment Components shall be processed
				at least thirty (30) minutes before the beginning of the first Intervention
				Component Session;
(c) Results of
				the Assessment Component may not be transferred between Programs except in the
				following situations:
1. A class for which a
				Student has a signed intervention contract has been cancelled;
2. The Student has moved at least thirty (30)
				miles away. The fee for transferring results of an Assessment Component due to
				Student relocation shall be no more than $25.00; or
3. There is an emergency and prior approval
				by the Department has been obtained.
(d) The Assessment Component shall be
				administered in accordance with the directions and materials approved by the
				Department;
(e) Each Program shall
				retain proof of its authorized use of Assessment Components and shall use the
				Assessment Component only for the purpose of assessing Students attending the
				Program;
(f) Assessment Components
				shall only be administered at the Program's certified premises, in a manner
				that affords privacy to the individual being assessed, and that facilitates
				concentration and freedom from distractions;
(g) The individual results of the Assessment
				Component are to be confidential and shall only be discussed in private with
				the individual assessed;
(h)
				Students shall be informed that the Assessment Component is valid for a one (1)
				year period, that failure to enroll in the Intervention Component within that
				period of time will result in the need for another Assessment Component with
				payment of another assessment fee, and that any subsequent convictions within
				the one-year period or thereafter will require that a Student take a separate
				Assessment Component;
(i)
				Assessment Components shall be coded in accordance with instructions provided
				by the Department;
(j) Each Program
				shall maintain a monthly roster of all Offenders who have taken the Assessment
				Component using the automated assessment roster of the approved assessment
				instrument;
(k) Assessment fees
				shall be paid to the state on all Offenders assessed, including those who did
				not sign an Intervention Component contract, did not return for class after
				signing an intervention contract, or have not attended all class
				Sessions;
(l) Completed original
				assessment rosters and rebate fees for each calendar month shall be sent to the
				Department in time for them to be received by the tenth
				(10th) calendar day of the month following the
				report month;
(m) Each Program
				shall maintain copies of the monthly assessment rosters and copies of rebate
				checks mailed to the Department; and
(n) Illiterate and/or disabled Students and
				Offenders shall be reasonably accommodated in the administration of the
				Assessment Component.