1. Alcohol and Drug Substance Abuse Course (ADSAC)
Who we are, what we do. John Bureman, ADSAC Reviewer Oklahoma Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services

2. STATUTORY AUTHORITY 43A O.S. & 47 O.S.
Title 450, Chapter 21 for Certification of ADSAC Organizations and Facilitators
Title 450, Chapter 22 for Certification of Alcohol and Drug Assessment and Evaluations Related to Driver’s License Revocation

3. Our Mission:
Promote public safety by helping reduce the rate of recidivism through assessment, education and treatment.

4. Current numbers Number of providers Number of ODMHSAS ADSAC Staff
177 Assessors
284 Facilitators
66 Course Organizations (+51 satellites)
Number of ODMHSAS ADSAC Staff
2 ADSAC Reviewers
1 Administrative Support

5. Significant dates in adsac history
July 1, 1991 – 10 hour DUI school for all alcohol-related suspensions
May 26, 1993 – 10 hour DUI school for drug convictions
September 1, 1993 – Assessment required
November 1, 1996 – 24 hour DUI school

6. Significant dates in adsac history
July 1, 2003 – Assessment driven –
If arrest was June 30, 2003 or before DPS dictates recommendation
Usually means 10-hour ADSAC for 1 offense and 24-hour ADSAC for 2 or more offenses.
If arrest was July 1, 2003 or after assessment determines what must be done
November 1, 2008 – Change in assessment fee amount

7. What’s involved with an adsac assessment?
ADSAC assessment can only be done by a state certified ADSAC assessor
It is the ONLY type of assessment that DPS accepts for driver’s license reinstatement
Normally takes an hour and a half to two hours
Cost depends on arrest date:
$ if arrest was on or before October 31, 2008
$ if arrest was on or after November 1, 2008

8. What’s involved with an adsac assessment?
Consists of three assessment instruments
Driver Risk Inventor (DRI)
Used for alcohol or drug-related driving offenses resulting in license revocation
Defendant Questionnaire (DQ)
Used for alcohol or drug-related non-driving offenses resulting in license revocation
Addiction Severity Index (ASI) as the biopsychsocial
Approved supportive instrument of the assessor’s choosing
Assessment results in one of 5 recommendations

9. Intervention level recommendations
Low risk to recidivate
Level 1 (score 0 to 39)
10 hour ADSAC
Victims Impact Panel (VIP)
Level 2 (score 0 to or more revocations)
24 hour ADSAC
VIP

10. Intervention level recommendations
Moderate risk to recidivate
Level 3 (score 40 to 69)
24 hour ADSAC
VIP
6 weeks of substance abuse (SA) related group counseling
Level “3B” (Special circumstances only)
12 weeks of SA related group
12 weeks of mutual support meetings

11. Intervention level recommendations
Problem risk to recidivate
Level 4 (score 70 to 89)
Intensive outpatient treatment (9 to 15 hours per week for 6 to 8 weeks)
Aftercare
12 mutual support meetings
Severe risk to recidivate
Level 5 (score 90 to 100)
Inpatient treatment
Mutual support

12. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
Once a person completes all the assessment recommendations:
Return to the assessor
Present documentation of completing requirements
Receive “Red Stamp” certificate from the assessor
Take “Red Stamp” certificate to DPS

13. Important time frames
Participant must initiate recommended services within 6 months of the date of the assessment or the assessment becomes invalid and they must get another assessment
Once they initiate services they have no time limit in which they have to complete
However if they get another drug/alcohol license revocation offense then the previous assessment and anything they completed is null and void.

14. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: I did a program when I was in prison. Does that count?
A: Maybe.
Q: I live in the panhandle with nothing between me and Texas except a tumbleweed. How am I supposed to get the assessment and other stuff?
A: If you live more than 70 miles from ADSAC services in Oklahoma then you don’t have to anything related to ADSAC.

15. QUESTIONS