STATUTES
RCW 10.05.150 Alcoholism Program Requirements
A deferred prosecution program for alcoholism shall be for a two-year
period and shall include, but not be limited to, the following
requirements:
(1) Total abstinence from alcohol and all other non-prescribed
mind-altering drugs;
(2) Participation in an intensive inpatient or intensive outpatient
program in a state-approved alcoholism treatment program;
(3) Participation in a minimum of two meetings per week of an
alcoholism self-help recovery support group, as determined by the
assessing agency, for the duration of the treatment program;
(4) Participation in an alcoholism self-help recovery support group,
as determined by the assessing agency, from the date of court approval
of the plan to entry into intensive treatment;
(5) Not less than weekly approved outpatient counseling, group or
individual, for a minimum of six months following the intensive phase of
treatment;
(6) Not less than monthly outpatient contact, group or individual,
for the remainder of the two-year deferred prosecution period;
(7) The decision to include the use of prescribed drugs, including
disulfiram, as a condition of treatment shall be reserved to the
treating facility and the petitioner's physician;
(8) All treatment within the purview of this section shall occur
within or be approved by a state-approved alcoholism treatment program
as described in chapter 70.96A RCW;
(9) Signature of the petitioner agreeing to the terms and conditions
of the treatment program.
[1999 c 143 § 43; 1985 c 352 § 17.]
NOTES:
Legislative finding -- Severability -- 1985 c 352: See notes
following RCW 10.05.010.
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