What Everyone Needs to Know!
To have one's driver's license re-instated, after the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) revocation period, the following administrative sanctions must have been completed.
- Substance Abuse assessment
- Completion of ADETS or a recommended treatment level
- Paid State mandatory fees: $100.00 - assessment, $160.00 - ADETS or the first $75.00 of treatment services. Treatment providers charge additional fees that vary among agencies.
All assessments must be conducted:
- In person by a qualified or certified substance abuse professional.
- Using both a standardized instrument and a clinical interview.
- Taking the breath test reading and one's prior driving record into account and
- Using the DSM IV criteria to form a clinical impression.
- You are required to bring your court papers to the assessment.
- The assessor must have a copy of your "Complete Driving History" from DMV.
Assessment based referrals:
- Shall be made consistent with the American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria
- If there is not a DSM diagnosis, the client is referred to education. (ADETS). NOTE: Offenders failing to submit to a breath test and those registering over 0.14% are ineligible to attend ADETS and must be referred to a level of treatment.
- The provider is required to inform you of other local providers who offer the service you need.
- The provider may not charge a fee to transfer your case to another in-state provider.
- Providers may charge for special services and for handling out of state cases.
Treatment Considerations:
- Clients have a right to professional and ethical services based upon their identified level of need.
- Clients may be asked to sign treatment contracts. Both the provider and the client are expected to honor such contracts.
- Each client must have a certified counselor available to them.
- Treatment groups shall be conducted by trained therapists, be limited to 20 clients and be conducted for the scheduled period of time.
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