§62-15-7. Treatment and Support Services
(a) As part of any diagnostic assessments, the individual assessment should make specific recommendations to the drug court team regarding the type of treatment program and duration necessary so that a drug offender's individualized needs can be addressed. These assessments and resulting recommendations should be based upon objective medical diagnostic criteria. Treatment recommendations accepted by […]
§62-15-8. Drug Testing
(a) The drug court team shall ensure fair, accurate, and reliable drug testing procedures, following collection procedures approved by the Supreme Court of Appeals. (b) The drug offender shall be ordered to submit to frequent, random, and observed drug testing to monitor abstinence. (c) Anyone in receipt of drug test results shall maintain the information […]
§62-15-1. Short Title
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "West Virginia Drug Offender Accountability and Treatment Act".
§62-15-2. Definitions
For the purposes of this article: (1) "Assessment" means a diagnostic evaluation to determine whether and to what extent a person is a drug offender under this article and would benefit from its provisions. The assessment shall be conducted in accordance with the standardized risk and needs assessment and risk cut-off scores adopted by the […]
§62-15-3. Policy and Goals
The Legislature recognizes that a critical need exists in this state for the criminal justice system to reduce the incidence of substance abuse and the crimes resulting from it. For the criminal justice system to maintain credibility, all drug offenders must be held accountable for their actions. A growing body of research demonstrates the impact […]
§62-15-4. Court Authorization and Structure
(a) Each judicial circuit or two or more adjoining judicial circuits may establish a drug court or regional drug court program under which drug offenders will be processed to address appropriately, the identified substance abuse problem as a condition of pretrial release, probation, incarceration, parole or other release from a correctional facility: Provided, That all […]