Driving under the influence: licensed and approved drug and alcohol programs.

Existing law requires a court to order a person, who is at least 18 years of age and who is convicted of a first violation of a driving-under-the-influence (DUI) offense, as specified, to attend a DUI program, including specified alcohol or drug education and counseling services, and provides for the licensing of those programs by the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs. This bill would prohibit any DUI program activities from (1) being conducted through a program that is not so licensed and (2) being completed through an online, distant learning, or remote learning method. The bill would further prohibit any credit from being given for any DUI program activities completed through an unlicensed program or through an online, distant learning, or remote learning method.