DUI Counseling Requirements & DUI Evaluation 
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Minimal Risk
The Minimal
Risk Education course shall include a minimum of ten (10) hours of classroom
instruction divided into at least four (4) sessions, each of which shall be
held on a different date. No session shall exceed three (3) hours in length.
Moderate Risk
In addition
to the required minimum ten (10) hours of risk education,
the DUI defendant/client must complete a minimum of twelve (12) hours of early intervention
over a minimum of four (4) weeks with no
more than three (3) hours per day in any seven (7) consecutive days; subsequent
completion of any and all necessary treatment; and after discharge, active
ongoing participation in all activities specified in the continuing care plan
if so recommended following completion of the early intervention.
Significant Risk
In addition
to the required minimum of ten (10) hours of Risk Education, the DUI defendant/client must complete a minimum of twenty (20) hours of alcohol, drug and
substance abuse outpatient treatment/counseling in an individual, group or
family setting, divided into at least seven (7) sessions, each of which shall
be held on a different date and not on the same date as any Risk Education
class session attended by the DUI defendant/client and no such session shall
exceed three (3) hours in length; and
In addition to the required ten (10) hours of Risk Education and twenty (20)
hours of substance abuse treatment, the DUI defendant/client shall complete an
additional six (6) months of care; said care to be completed as follows: One
(1) time per month a two (2) hour session or two (2) times per month a one (1)
hour session, either individual or group sessions. Defendant will be discharged
by Program only upon completion of said additional six (6) months of care and
only in the event Defendant qualifies for said discharge.
High Risk
For a client
with identified symptoms of a substance use disorder:
A comprehensive treatment program of not less than seventy-five (75) hours of
intensive outpatient or outpatient substance abuse services, rendered at the
rate of not less than nine (9) hours per week; and upon completion of said
comprehensive treatment service program shall be followed by an aftercare plan;
or
A residential or inpatient substance abuse comprehensive program of treatment
services rendered at the rate of not less than twenty-five (25) hours per week;
and upon completion thereof, shall be followed by an aftercare plan.
For a client without identified symptoms of substance use disorder, a comprehensive
outpatient program of treatment service of not less than seventy-five (75)
hours rendered at a rate of not less than nine (9) hours per week; and upon
completion thereof shall be followed by an aftercare plan. The treatment
program shall include further assessment and counseling of the client designed
to identify and change the disorder giving rise to the high risk behavior which
may include but is not limited to referrals for psychological testing, physical
examinations and other appropriate mental health services calculated to
identify and reduce or eliminate the high risk behavior.
For all High Risk clients, in addition to the required treatment hours, the DUI
defendant/client shall complete an additional twelve (12) months of care, said
care to be completed as follows: One (1) time per month a two (2) hour session
or two (2) times per month a one (1) hour session, either individual or group
sessions. Defendant will be discharged by Program only upon completion of said
additional twelve (12) months of care and only in the event Defendant qualifies
for said discharge.
(See DHS-DASA guidelines.)
The 18th Judicial Circuit DUI Evaluation Unit is Licensed by the State of Illinois Department of Human Services to provide DUI Evaluations. DHS LICENSE # A-6006-0002-A