Sec.54-56g-5. Definitions: for the purpose of sections 5 to 13 inclusive

(A) "Pretrial Alcohol Education System" means a system created by the Legislature to deal with the problems caused by alcohol-impaired drivers on Connecticut's roads and highways. Through the cooperation of the courts, the Office of Adult Probation, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission and Approved Alcohol Education and Treatment Programs, education and treatment services are offered to eligible participants.

(B) "Approved Alcohol Education and Treatment Program" ("program") means a program which has been inspected by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission and found to meet the minimum standards of sections 6 and 7 as being able to supply evaluation, education and treatment services to participants in the Pretrial Alcohol Education System.

(C) "Participant" means a person charged with or convicted of a violation of Connecticut General Statutes Sec. 14-227a who has been found eligible to participate in the Pretrial Alcohol Education System.

(D) "Evaluation" means a procedure conducted by an Evaluator consisting of an interview with the participant and a review of diagnostic test results and other information which indicates the degree of the participant's involvement with alcohol and determines to which phase of the program, education or treatment, the participant will be assigned.

(E) "Evaluator" means a person who meets the requirements for evaluators contained in section 10 who will evaluate and assign each participant to a phase of the program on the basis of the results of that evaluation.

(F) "Drinking Driver Attitude Reassessment Course" means the educational phase of the Alcohol Education and Treatment program, an 8 session, 16 hour course which is designed to improve the participant's decision-making ability in regard to future drinking and driving behavior and to increase his knowledge of driver safety and alcohol's effect on driving behavior.

(G) "Group Interaction" means the 10 session 15 hour phase of the Alcohol Education and Treatment Program which uses group therapy techniques and alcohol education to enable the participant, whose evaluation indicates the possibility of a drinking problem to understand and confront his drinking/driving behavior and begin to deal with it in a positive way.

(H) "Program Administrator" means the person designated by an approved Alcohol Education and Treatment Program to fulfill administrative responsibilities, meet record keeping and reporting requirements and act as the authorized agent of the program.

(I) "Instructor" means a person employed by an approved Alcohol Education and Treatment Program to conduct the Drinking Driver Attitude Reassessment Course, who has met the minimum requirements for instructors contained in section 11.

(J) "Therapist" means a person with demonstrated experience and competency in group interaction who is utilized by an approved Alcohol Education and Treatment Program to conduct Group Interaction meetings and who has met the minimum requirements for therapists contained in section 12.

(K) "BAC" means blood alcohol content and refers to the results of blood, breath, or urine tests given to participants at the time of the participant's arrest.

(Effective August 19, 1982)