New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER
Subchapter J - Driver Rehabilitation Programs
Part 134 - Alcohol And Drug Rehabilitation Programs
Section 134.1 - Introduction
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Intent. Article 21 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law as added by chapter 291 of the Laws of 1975, and recodified in article 31 by chapter 47 of the Laws of 1988, provides for the establishment of an alcohol and drug rehabilitation program for the purpose of providing rehabilitation to drivers convicted of alcohol or drug-related driving offenses or persons who have been adjudicated youthful offenders for alcohol or drug-related traffic offenses or persons found to have been operating a motor vehicle after having consumed alcohol in violation of section 1192-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to alleviate the threat to the lives and well-being of the citizens of this State posed by alcohol and drug-related driving. Although this article provides for the issuance of conditional licenses to persons enrolled in such program, this provision is incidental to the primary purpose of the legislation, highway safety. This Part is intended to implement the legislative intent by establishing criteria for eligibility of persons for entrance into such programs, issuance and use of conditional licenses, procedures to be followed by the courts, the Department of Motor Vehicles and motorists in conjunction with such programs, as well as the curricula to be used in such programs and the qualifications of persons who will be conducting such programs.
(b) Definitions.