Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A.
An administrator shall ensure that policies and procedures are developed,
documented, and implemented that:
1. Cover
the education, skill, and experience for individuals providing DUI
treatment;
2. Cover the provision
of DUI treatment;
3. Cover
communicating with and reporting information to an individual's DUI screening
provider and, if applicable, the referring court; and
4. Establish criteria the DUI treatment
provider considers when determining whether to extend the time for a client's
completion of DUI treatment.
B. An administrator shall ensure that:
1. The DUI treatment provider receives:
a. A copy of the documentation of the
client's completion of DUI education, required in
R9-20-109(G),
from the client; or
b.
Documentation of the client's completion of DUI education from the client's DUI
screening provider;
2. A
client is given the following information in writing before DUI treatment is
conducted:
a. The procedures for conducting
DUI treatment,
b. The timeline for
initiating and completing DUI treatment,
c. The criteria the DUI treatment provider
considers when determining whether to extend the time for completion of the DUI
treatment,
d. The consequences to
the client for not complying with the procedures and timeline,
e. The information about the client that will
be reported to the client's DUI screening provider or the referring court,
and
f. The cost and methods of
payment for DUI treatment; and
3. The client's receipt of the information is
documented in the client record.
C. An administrator shall ensure that DUI
treatment:
1. Is based upon the information
and results of the client's DUI screening obtained from the DUI screening
provider, as required in
R9-20-108(F)(5),
or referring court;
2. Includes at
least 20 hours of group counseling that:
a. Is
provided by a behavioral health professional or a licensed substance abuse
technician under the direct supervision, as defined in A.A.C.
R4-6-101, of a
behavioral health professional;
b.
Is provided according to the recommendations of the behavioral health
professional who conducted the client's DUI screening;
c. Includes no more than 15 clients or, if
family members participate in group counseling, no more than 20 individuals;
and
d. Is documented in a client
record according to subsection (I); and
3. Is scheduled to be completed within 16
weeks after the date the client enrolled in DUI treatment, unless the DUI
treatment provider extends the time for completion of DUI treatment, as
provided in subsection (E).
D. Participation in a self-help group or peer
support program, such as Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous, is not
DUI treatment and does not count toward required hours in DUI
treatment.
E. A DUI treatment
provider may extend the time for a client's completion of DUI treatment if an
event, such as one of the following, occurs during the 16 weeks after the date
the client was enrolled in DUI treatment:
1.
The client is serving time in jail;
2. The client or a family member of the
client is ill or injured and requires medical services, as defined in A.R.S.
§
36-401;
or
3. A family member of the client
dies.
F. An
administrator shall ensure that the DUI screening provider and, if applicable,
the referring court is:
1. Notified in
writing within seven days, unless otherwise specified by the court, after:
a. An individual fails to enroll in DUI
treatment by the deadline established by the individual's DUI screening
provider or the referring court;
b.
A client fails to comply with the requirements for DUI treatment, including
failure to attend DUI treatment or failure to pay required costs; or
c. A client completes DUI treatment;
and
2. Provided with a
written report for each client, according to the timeline established by the
DUI screening provider, that includes:
a. The
client's date of enrollment;
b.
Whether the client complied with the requirements for DUI treatment;
c. Whether the client completed DUI treatment
and, if so, the date of completion; and
d. Any recommendation for additional DUI
treatment.
G.
An administrator shall ensure that a client who completes DUI treatment
receives:
1. Documentation that indicates
completion of DUI treatment and includes:
a.
The name of the DUI treatment provider,
b. The number of hours of DUI treatment
completed,
c. The date of
completion, and
d. The name of the
client; and
2. An exit
interview from an employee that includes a review of the information contained
in the report required in subsection (F)(2).
H. If an administrator determines that a
client's DUI treatment needs cannot be met by the DUI treatment provider
selected by the client, the administrator may refer a client back to the
client's DUI screening provider by submitting to the DUI screening provider:
1. Documentation of the reason that the DUI
treatment provider is unable to meet the client's DUI treatment needs,
including whether the client:
a. Requires
behavioral health services that the DUI treatment provider is not authorized or
able to provide,
b. Has a physical
or other disability that the DUI treatment provider is unable to reasonably
accommodate, or
c. Requires
treatment to be provided in a language in which DUI treatment is not provided
by the DUI treatment provider; and
2. A recommendation for additional or
alternative DUI treatment that would meet the client's DUI treatment
needs.
I. An
administrator shall ensure that a record is maintained for each client that
contains:
1. Information and documents
received from the client's DUI screening provider or the referring court
regarding the client;
2.
Documentation that the client received the information required in subsection
(B)(2);
3. Documentation of each
group counseling session in which the client participated, including:
a. The date of the group counseling
session,
b. The topics discussed,
and
c. The client's progress in
meeting treatment goals;
4. Documentation of the client's failure to
participate in a group counseling session, if applicable;
5. Documentation related to an extension of
the time for a client's completion of DUI treatment, if applicable;
6. A copy of the documentation indicating the
client's satisfactory completion of DUI treatment required in subsection (G),
if applicable;
7. Documentation of
the client's exit interview required in subsection (G)(2);
8. A copy of the written report provided to
the client's DUI screening provider or referring court as required in
subsection (F)(2);
9. Documentation
supporting a referral of the client back to the client's DUI screening
provider, if applicable; and
10.
Any other written information from or documentation of verbal contact with any
of the following regarding the client:
a. The
client's DUI screening provider,
b.
The referring court, or
c. Another
DUI treatment provider or a DUI education provider.