Florida Traffic Court Rule 6.110
RULE 6.110. DRIVER IMPROVEMENT, STUDENT TRAFFIC
SAFETY COUNCIL, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
EDUCATION COURSES
(a) Designation of School. In those areas where defendants
are ordered or are allowed to elect to attend a driver improvement
school or student traffic safety council school, or are sentenced to a
substance abuse education course, the chief judge of the circuit
shall issue an administrative order designating the schools at which
attendance is required. No substance abuse education course shall
be approved by the chief judges until approval is first granted by
the DUI Programs Director. For persons ordered to attend driver
improvement schools, those schools approved by the department
shall be considered approved for purposes of this rule.
(b) Inspection and Supervision. Any programs designated
to serve an area of the state are subject to the inspection and
supervision of the DUI Programs Director.
(c) Out-of-State Residents. Out-of-state residents
sentenced to a driver improvement school course or substance
abuse program may elect to complete a substantially similar
program or school in their home state, province, or country.
Committee Notes
1988 Amendment. The reason for the change was to bring subdivision
(a) into conformity with the statutory language in section 322.282, Florida
Statutes, which states “substance abuse education course” rather than a “DWI
Counter Attack School.”
Subdivision (c) is new and was designed to allow compliance with section
316.193(5), Florida Statutes, when the person did not reside in Florida, was in
Florida for only a short, temporary stay, and attendance at a substance abuse
course in Florida would constitute a hardship. Section 316.193(5) requires only
that the substance abuse course be “specified by the court.”
1990 Amendment. The offense of Driving While Intoxicated was
abolished by statute, thereby making reference to DWI inappropriate. The title
of the person coordinating Substance Abuse Education Courses has been
changed from that of Schools Coordinator to that of Programs Director.
SAFETY COUNCIL, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
EDUCATION COURSES
(a) Designation of School. In those areas where defendants
are ordered or are allowed to elect to attend a driver improvement
school or student traffic safety council school, or are sentenced to a
substance abuse education course, the chief judge of the circuit
shall issue an administrative order designating the schools at which
attendance is required. No substance abuse education course shall
be approved by the chief judges until approval is first granted by
the DUI Programs Director. For persons ordered to attend driver
improvement schools, those schools approved by the department
shall be considered approved for purposes of this rule.
(b) Inspection and Supervision. Any programs designated
to serve an area of the state are subject to the inspection and
supervision of the DUI Programs Director.
(c) Out-of-State Residents. Out-of-state residents
sentenced to a driver improvement school course or substance
abuse program may elect to complete a substantially similar
program or school in their home state, province, or country.
Committee Notes
1988 Amendment. The reason for the change was to bring subdivision
(a) into conformity with the statutory language in section 322.282, Florida
Statutes, which states “substance abuse education course” rather than a “DWI
Counter Attack School.”
Subdivision (c) is new and was designed to allow compliance with section
316.193(5), Florida Statutes, when the person did not reside in Florida, was in
Florida for only a short, temporary stay, and attendance at a substance abuse
course in Florida would constitute a hardship. Section 316.193(5) requires only
that the substance abuse course be “specified by the court.”
1990 Amendment. The offense of Driving While Intoxicated was
abolished by statute, thereby making reference to DWI inappropriate. The title
of the person coordinating Substance Abuse Education Courses has been
changed from that of Schools Coordinator to that of Programs Director.