California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 9 - Services to Persons Convicted for Driving While Under the Influence of Alcohol and Other Drugs

  • Section 11836.
    (a) The department shall have the sole authority to issue, deny, suspend, or revoke the license of a driving-under-the-influence program. As used in this chapter, “program”...
  • Section 11836.10.
    No person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or local governmental entity shall operate, establish, manage, conduct, or maintain a driving-under-the-influence program in this state without a...
  • Section 11836.11.
    The department shall require license renewal on a biennial basis.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1219, Sec. 3.)
  • Section 11836.12.
    Criteria for licensure of new or existing programs shall include all of the following:(a)  Completion of a written application containing necessary and pertinent information describing...
  • Section 11836.14.
    An initial license shall not be issued until all requirements identified in this chapter and in regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter have been met.(Added...
  • Section 11836.15.
    The department shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter, in accordance with the purposes and process required in Section 11835, which shall include, but not...
  • Section 11836.16.
    The State Department of Health Care Services shall adopt regulations for satellite offices of driving-under-the-influence programs. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to,...
  • Section 11837.
    (a) Pursuant to the provisions of law relating to suspension of a person’s privilege to operate a motor vehicle upon conviction for driving while under the...
  • Section 11837.1.
    (a)  In utilizing any program described in Section 11837, the court may require periodic reports concerning the performance of each person referred to and participating...
  • Section 11837.2.
    (a) (1) The court may refer persons only to licensed programs. Subject to these provisions, a person is eligible to participate in the program if the program...
  • Section 11837.3.
    (a) (1) Each county, through the county alcohol and drug program administrator, shall determine its ability to establish, through public or private resources, a program of alcohol...
  • Section 11837.4.
    (a) No program, regardless of how it is funded, may be licensed unless all of the requirements of this chapter and of the regulations adopted pursuant...
  • Section 11837.5.
    (a)  No person may participate in any program that has not been licensed by the department pursuant to this chapter. (b)  The department shall charge...
  • Section 11837.6.
    (a) The major responsibility for assuring programmatic and fiscal integrity of each program rests with the county alcohol and drug program administrator of each county utilizing...
  • Section 11837.7.
    (a) The county alcohol and drug program administrator, or the advisory board acting through the county alcohol and drug program administrator, shall inform the board of...
  • Section 11837.8.
    (a) The department shall authorize each county alcohol and drug program administrator to retain, in an amount not in excess of that specified by the department,...
  • Section 11837.9.
    The participation of the probation department in a program established pursuant to this chapter shall be described in the amendment to the county plan.(Amended by...
  • Section 11838.
    (a)  The Legislature encourages all counties to utilize the procedure described in this chapter, but recognizes that it is not feasible for every county to...
  • Section 11838.1.
    The department, in cooperation with the county and the Department of Motor Vehicles, shall establish uniform statewide reporting procedures and forms for the submission of...
  • Section 11838.3.
    (a)  The director may bring an action to enjoin any violation of Section 11836.10 in the superior court in and for the county in which...
  • Section 11838.4.
    (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any person who violates Section 11836.10 may be assessed by the department an immediate civil penalty in...
  • Section 11838.5.
    The civil, criminal, and administrative remedies available to the department pursuant to this article are not exclusive, and may be sought and employed in any...
  • Section 11838.10.a.
    The director may suspend or revoke any license issued under this chapter, or deny an application to renew a license or to modify the terms...
  • Section 11838.11.
    (a)  Proceedings for the suspension, revocation, or denial of a license under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section...

Last modified: October 22, 2018