Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-39-.07 - CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS

(1) The facility shall use a curriculum approved by the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services. The curriculum shall minimally include current information areas including the following:

(a) Traffic Safety aspects of alcohol and drug use, including:

1. Overview of the D.U.I. problem in Tennessee;

2. Tennessee laws relevant to D.U.I.;

3. Why the offenders are in school (probable cause for stopping an impaired driver);

4. Relationship of blood alcohol and other drug use on driving ability;

5. Techniques for avoiding driving while impaired; and

(b) Physiological aspects of alcohol and other drug use, including:

1. Pharmacological and physical effects of alcohol and other depressants;

2. Pharmacological and physical effects of other drugs;

3. The potentiating effect of combining alcohol and other drugs; and

(c) Psychological aspects of alcohol and other drug use, including:

1. Dynamics of alcohol and other drug use, abuse, and addiction, e.g., loss of control, denial, delusion, blaming, and guilt;

2. The progression of addictive behavior;

3. Dynamics in an alcohol and/or other drug abusive family;

4. The impact of alcohol and other drug addiction on other life aspects, e.g., emotional, physical, professional, legal, spiritual, rational, and intellectual; and

5. Local treatment resources and community support groups, e.g., Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Adult Children of Alcoholics.

Notes

Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-39-.07

Original rule filed July 27, 2000; effective October 10, 2000. Amendment filed June 21, 2007; effective September 4, 2007. Per Executive Order 44 (February 23, 2007), rule was transferred from 1200-08-19 on May 15, 2008. Repeal and new rule filed August 27, 2008; effective November 10, 2008. Amendment filed January 4, 2010; effective April 4, 2010.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-4-103, 4-5-202, 33-1-302, 33-1-305, 33-1-309, 33-2-301, 33-2-302, 33-2-404 and Executive Order 44 (February 23, 2007).