(Effective until January 1, 2026.) A deferred prosecution program for alcoholism shall be for a two-year period and shall include, but not be limited to, the following requirements: (1) Total abstinence from alcohol and all other nonprescribed mind-altering drugs; (2) Participation in an intensive inpatient or intensive outpatient program in a state-approved substance use disorder treatment program; (3) Participation in a minimum of two meetings per week of an alcoholism self-help recovery support group, as determined by the assessing agency, for the duration of the treatment program; (4) Participation in an alcoholism self-help recovery support group, as determined by the assessing agency, from the date of court approval of the plan to entry into intensive treatment; (5) Not less than weekly approved outpatient counseling, group or individual, for a minimum of six months following the intensive phase of treatment; (6) Not less than monthly outpatient contact, group or individual, for the remainder of the two-year deferred prosecution period; (7) The decision to include the use of prescribed drugs, including disulfiram, as a condition of treatment shall be reserved to the treating facility and the petitioner's physician; (8) All treatment within the purview of this section shall occur within or be approved by a state-approved substance use disorder treatment program as described in *chapter 70.96A RCW; (9) Signature of the petitioner agreeing to the terms and conditions of the treatment program. [ 2016 sp.s. c 29 s 527; 1999 c 143 s 43; 1985 c 352 s 17.]
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