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(1) A person subject to alcohol assessment and
treatment under
RCW 46.61.5055
shall be required by the court to complete a course
in an alcohol information school approved by the
department of social and health services or to
complete more intensive treatment in a program
approved by the department of social and health
services, as determined by the court. The court
shall notify the department of licensing whenever it
orders a person to complete a course or treatment
program under this section.
(2) A diagnostic evaluation and treatment
recommendation shall be prepared under the direction
of the court by an alcoholism agency approved by the
department of social and health services or a
qualified probation department approved by the
department of social and health services. A copy of
the report shall be forwarded to the department of
licensing. Based on the diagnostic evaluation, the
court shall determine whether the person shall be
required to complete a course in an alcohol
information school approved by the department of
social and health services or more intensive
treatment in a program approved by the department of
social and health services.
(3) Standards for approval for alcohol
treatment programs shall be prescribed by the
department of social and health services. The
department of social and health services shall
periodically review the costs of alcohol information
schools and treatment programs.
(4) Any agency that provides treatment ordered
under
RCW 46.61.5055,
shall immediately report to the appropriate
probation department where applicable, otherwise to
the court, and to the department of licensing any
noncompliance by a person with the conditions of his
or her ordered treatment. The court shall notify the
department of licensing and the department of social
and health services of any failure by an agency to
so report noncompliance. Any agency with knowledge
of noncompliance that fails to so report shall be
fined two hundred fifty dollars by the department of
social and health services. Upon three such failures
by an agency within one year, the department of
social and health services shall revoke the agency's
approval under this section.
(5) The department of licensing and the
department of social and health services may adopt
such rules as are necessary to carry out this
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