Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 450 - Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Chapter 21 - Alcohol and Drug Substance Abuse Courses (ADSAC) and Assessments
Subchapter 4 - Certification of Alcohol and Drug Substance Abuse Courses (ADSAC), Organizations and Instructors
Section 450:21-4-3 - Minimum curriculum requirements, ten (10) hour courses

Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 450:21-4-3

Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024

(a) The standardized ADSAC curriculum approved by ODMHSAS shall be utilized by all ADSAC institutions, organizations and facilitators for the ten (10) hour ADSAC course. Any additional materials must be consistent with the format of the main curricula, follow the Transtheoretical Model of Change and prior to implementation receive written approval from ODMHSAS.

(b) The ten (10) hour ADSAC Course shall at a minimum include instruction on:

(1) Legal aspects of drinking or using other drugs and driving;

(2) Physiological aspects of using alcohol and other drugs;

(3) Sociological aspects of using alcohol and other drugs;

(4) Effects and possible outcomes of drinking or using other drugs and driving;

(5) Scope of the problem of drinking or using other drugs and driving;

(6) The history/origins of alcohol and other drugs;

(7) The effects of substance abuse on family and friends; and

(8) Alternative plans/strategies to using alcohol or other drugs and driving.

(c) Each curriculum shall provide for a full ten (10) hours of block-teaching classroom instruction, and shall be conducted in no fewer than three (3) sessions with each session no more than three and one half (3.5) hours in duration, and conducted on no fewer than three (3) separate days. These hours shall not be inclusive of:

(1) Meal or break times; or

(2) ADSAC administrative functions except for enrollment form completion and fee payment.

(d) Participants may be admitted for fifteen (15) minutes after the official starting time of the class without having to make up this time.

(e) Each curriculum shall provide for a discussion period following each audio-visual presentation. Audio-visual materials shall not comprise more than ten (10) percent of the class and must have been submitted and approved at the time of application for certification and at each six (6) year anniversary thereafter.

(f) Each ten (10) hour curriculum shall provide for a scored pre- and post-test. The pre-test shall be given during the first two (2) hours of the beginning of each course, and the post-test at the end of each course. The purpose is to determine participant gain in knowledge of the material based upon the scores of the pre- and post-tests.

(g) The ADSAC institution, organization or facilitator shall provide each participant a list of community referrals and resources approved by ODMHSAS.

(h) Class size shall not exceed twenty-four (24) participants.

(i) No ten (10) hour ADSAC course shall be combined with, or presented in conjunction with any other educational or clinical class, track, program or assessment process.

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