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189A.045 Enrollment in alcohol or drug education or treatment programs -- Attendance -- Reporting and effect of failure to attend -- Reporting of completion of program.

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189A.045 Enrollment in alcohol or drug education or treatment programs -- Attendance -- Reporting and effect of failure to attend -- Reporting of <br>completion of program. (1) When a court requires a defendant to enroll in an alcohol or drug education or treatment program pursuant to this chapter, it shall require the defendant to <br>accomplish the enrollment within ten (10) days of the entry of judgment of <br>conviction. (2) When a defendant enrolls in the program ordered by the court, the administrator of the program or his authorized representative shall transmit to the court a certificate <br>of enrollment within five (5) working days of the enrollment. (3) If the court does not receive a certificate of enrollment from the administrator of a program to which the defendant has been assigned within twenty (20) days of the <br>entry of judgment of conviction, the court shall hold a hearing requiring the <br>defendant to show cause why he did not enroll. (4) If a defendant enrolled in a drug or alcohol education or treatment program drops out of the program or does not maintain satisfactory attendance at the program, the <br>administrator of the program or his authorized representative shall transmit to the <br>court a notice describing the defendant's failure to attend. (5) Upon receipt of a notice of failure to attend a required alcohol or drug education or treatment program, the court shall hold a hearing requiring the defendant to show <br>cause why he should not be held in contempt of court and be subject to the <br>reinstatement of any penalties which may have been withheld pending completion <br>of treatment. (6) When a defendant completes the required alcohol or drug education or treatment program, the administrator of the program shall notify the court and the <br>Transportation Cabinet of the defendant's completion of the program. Effective: July 1, 1991 <br>History: Created 1991 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 15, sec. 4, effective July 1, 1991.