Sec.54-56g-8. Evaluation

(a) Upon notification by the Office of Adult Probation that a participant has been assigned to the program an evaluation meeting with the participant shall be scheduled.

(b) The evaluation of the participant shall be made after the program has obtained the following:

(1) the participant's full name, home address and telephone number

(2) a consent to release of information form signed by the participant which permits the program to release information about the client to the court and the Office of Adult Probation

(3) results of the BAC tests taken after the participant was arrested. If the participant refused to take the test, then notice of the refusal may be accepted in lieu of the test results.

(4) the participant's driving record showing prior alcohol related arrests and convictions and a record of other alcohol related arrests, if available.

(c) At the evaluation meeting the evaluator shall determine to which program phase the participant shall be assigned. In making this determination, the evaluator shall consider the participant's score on the Mortimer-Filkins Test, the BAC at the time of the participant's arrest, prior alcohol related arrests and convictions, (if such records are available) the participant's history of treatment for alcohol related problems and whether the participant is a first offender or is a second or subsequent offender.

(d) The participant shall be notified at the evaluation meeting or by mail sent to his home address of his program assignment, the time and place of meetings, attendance and participation requirements and the starting date of the session to which he was assigned and shall receive written information describing the program and listing the rules and requirements for successful completion of the program. Such notice shall be given at least one week before the date of the first meeting.

(Effective August 19, 1982)