North Dakota Code § 39-08-01.5

Partial suspension of sentence for treatment court program, mental health
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court program, or veterans treatment docket completion.
1. Notwithstanding section 39-08-01:
a. All but ten days of the minimum mandatory sentence required for a defendant 
charged with a third or subsequent violation of section 39 -08-01 may be 
suspended on the condition the defendant successfully completes a treatment 
court program, mental health court program, or veterans treatment docket 
approved by the supreme court.
b. If the treatment court determines a defendant participating in a treatment court 
program has substantially complied with the requirements of the treatment court 
program, the treatment court may suspend the defendant's electronic alcohol 
monitoring and sobriety breath testing requirement under the twenty -four seven 
sobriety program for the six months preceding completion of the treatment court 
program.
2. Upon successful completion of a treatment court program, mental health court 
program, or veterans treatment docket, a defendant convicted of a felony under 
section 39-08-01 and sentenced to treatment court, mental health court, or veterans 
treatment docket is deemed to have been convicted of a misdemeanor.
3. If a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor under section 39 -08-01 is sentenced to 
treatment court, mental health court, or veterans treatment docket and successfully 
completes a treatment court program, mental health court, or veterans treatment 
docket, the court shall dismiss the case and seal the file in accordance with section 
12.1-32-07.2. The court also shall issue an order to the director to remove the 
conviction and suspension based on the conviction from the driving record of the 
defendant, unless doing so is prohibited by title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 
section 383.51, or other federal or state law.

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