Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Health Services
DHS 30-100 - Community Services
Chapter DHS 62 - Assessment Of Drivers With Alcohol Or Controlled Substance Problems
Section DHS 62.03 - Definitions

(1) "Alternative education" means the traffic safety instruction provided under s. DHS 75.16(5) that is designed to meet the goals of a group dynamic traffic safety program or a multiple offender traffic safety program for clients that cannot be accommodated by a group dynamic traffic safety program or a multiple offender traffic program.

(2) "Approved private treatment facility" has the meaning given in s. 51.45(2) (b), Stats.

(3) "Approved public treatment facility" has the meaning given in s. 51.45(2) (c), Stats.

(4) "Board" means a county human service board established under s. 46.23, Stats., or a county community programs board established under s. 51.42, Stats.

(5) "Client" means a person who is undergoing an intoxicated driver assessment or who is receiving treatment or education under a driver safety plan.

(6) "Controlled substance" has the meaning given in s. 961.01(4), Stats.

(7) "Controlled substance analog" has the meaning given in s. 961.01(4m), Stats.

(8) "Department" means the department of health services.

(9) "Dependency" means the use of alcohol, a controlled substance, controlled substance analog, or other drug, to the extent that it interferes with a user's physical or mental health or social or economic functioning.

(10) "Designated coordinator" means a person appointed by a board under s. DHS 62.04(5) who has completed the driver assessment training described under s. DHS 62.05(3), and who is knowledgeable in the psychopharmacology of substances, addiction and addiction treatment, and sentencing and other procedures relating to violations of s. 343.305(3), 346.63, 940.09, or 940.25, Stats.

(11) "Driver safety plan" means an individualized plan that specifies recommended treatment, education, other services, or a combination of these, directed toward reducing a client's inclination to drive under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance, or controlled substance analog.

(12) "Driver safety plan provider" or "plan provider" means any one of the following:

(13) "Drug" has the meaning given under s. 961.01(11), Stats.

(14) "Group dynamics traffic safety program" has the meaning given in s. Trans 106.02(6).

Note: Section Trans 106.02(6) defines "group dynamics traffic safety program" as a course that is approved by the department of transportation under s. 345.60, Stats., that encourages students to examine their chemical use habits, discuss their chemical use and their driving behavior and formulate an alternative life style which would improve their ability to safely operate a motor vehicle.

Note: For the purposes and use in this chapter, chemical is interpreted to have the same meaning as substance.

(15) "Interagency program for the intoxicated driver committee" or "IPID committee" means a collection of agency and organization representatives appointed by a board to guide the development and implementation of the intoxicated driver program.

(16) "Intoxicated driver assessment " or "assessment" means an examination of a client's use of alcohol; a controlled substance; or a controlled substance analog by an intoxicated driver assessor.

(17) "Intoxicated driver assessment facility" or "assessment facility" means an approved private treatment facility or an approved public treatment facility that is certified under s. DHS 75.13 as an outpatient treatment service or s. DHS 75.16 as an intervention service and designated under s. DHS 62.04(1) by a board to conduct intoxicated driver assessments.

(18) "Intoxicated driver assessor" or "assessor" means a person who is employed by or under contract with an assessment facility to conduct intoxicated driver assessments.

(19) "Local traffic safety school coordinator" means an individual appointed by the Wisconsin technical college district to oversee traffic safety school programs.

(20) "Multiple offender traffic safety program" has the meaning given in s. Trans 106.02(8).

Note: Section Trans 106.02(8) defines "multiple offender traffic safety program" as a course that is approved by the department of transportation under s. 345.60, Stats., that encourages students who have multiple traffic offenses involving chemical use to examine their chemical use habits, discuss their chemical use and their driving behavior and formulate an alternative life style which would improve their ability to safely operate a motor vehicle.

Note: For the purposes and use in this chapter, chemical is interpreted to have the same meaning as substance.

(21) "Substance" means alcohol, a psychoactive agent, or chemical that principally affects the central nervous system and alters mood or behavior.

(22) "Substance abuse" means use of alcohol or other drugs individually or in combination in a manner that interferes with functioning.

(23) "Traffic safety school" means all of the following:

(24) "Treatment" means the planned provision of services under ss. DHS 75.05 to th at 75.15 are sensitive and responsive to a client's age, disability, if any, gender and culture that are conducted under clinical supervision to assist the client through the process of recovery.

Note: Treatment functions include screening, application of approved placement criteria, intake, orientation, assessment, individualized treatment planning, intervention, individual or group and family counseling, medication management, referral discharge planning, after care or continuing care, recordkeeping, consultation with other professionals regarding the client's treatment, recovery, or case management, and may include crisis intervention, client education, vocational assistance and problem resolution in life skills functioning.

(25) "Wisconsin assessment of the impaired driver" or "WAID" means the tool required for use in conducting intoxicated driver assessments.