New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 162 - INTOXICATED DRIVING PROGRAM
Subchapter 4 - EVALUATION AND TREATMENT PROCEDURES
Section 10:162-4.6 - Referral procedures
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The Intoxicated Driver Resource Center shall provide each client referred for evaluation with a list of affiliated treatment agencies. The list shall reflect the following items:
(b) Clients shall choose a program from the list and sign the appropriate form indicating that he or she was shown the list and selected a program. Any refusal, unwillingness, or failure by a client to choose a program shall be cause for a finding of non-compliance.
(c) Intoxicated Driver Resource Centers shall not make direct referrals to a self help group following evaluation unless the client can demonstrate that he or she is currently actively participating in the self help group. All other treatment appropriate clients shall be referred to self help groups by a treatment program as an addition to treatment. Referrals to self help groups shall not be made on the basis of indigence.
(d) All clients referred to treatment shall sign a records release authorization prior to leaving the Intoxicated Driver Resource Center in order to allow the Court, the Intoxicated Driver Resource Center, the Intoxicated Driving Program, the Division, the Division of Motor Vehicles, the client's attorney, the treatment program, and other specifically named individuals or entities to exchange information.
(e) If a client refuses to sign the form, the Intoxicated Driver Resource Center shall inform the client that such refusal shall be considered noncompliance. If the client continues to refuse to sign, the client shall be considered noncompliant for refusing to sign the Records Release Authorization form necessary to complete program requirements.