DUI School

Donnie Couch Counseling & Consulting offers counseling and consulting services to help you deal with any challenges you’re facing. Whether you’re struggling with a DUI-related issue or need guidance in other areas, we are here to help. Our team is dedicated to helping you find the solutions you need to move forward and achieve your personal goals.

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Rules for The Tennessee Department Chapter 0940-05-39 Minimum Program Requirements For Alcohol and Drug DUI School Services

Definition..”Alcohol and Drug Abuse D.U.I School Services” means an intervention program providing assessment, education and, if indicated, appropriate treatment referral, for offenders of driving under the influence of alcohol and or/other drugs (i.e., convicted of violation T.C.A. S55-10-401).

0940-05-39-.06 Class Requirements
1. All D.U.I School Services must provide a minimum of twelve (12) hours of instruction to each student. Any student who does not complete a twelve (12) hour curriculum instruction has not completed the requirements for D.U.I school.
2. Class size must not exceed twenty-five (25) students. The number of students in a class must be based on the occupancy load approved by the Fire Marshall.
3. Service recipients who do not speak English must have access to instruction in their native language or a court interpreter as defined in Rule 0940-05-39-03 (1)(j). 0940-05-39-.07 Curriculum Requirement 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, including:
 

(c) Physiological aspects of alcohol and other drugs 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.

Policy

It is the policy of Donnie Couch Counseling and Consulting D.U.I School to comply with Federal and State
mandated Title VI legislation for the purpose of ensuring that it’s services do not discriminate against
people because of the their race, color, national origin or limited English proficiency. Should Title VI
complaints arise they will be addressed in a timely manner.

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