Section 106.12. Advisory council.

 

(1)  A traffic safety school advisory council is established to recommend to the department uniform standards and guidelines for initiating and maintaining statewide traffic safety school programs and to promote interagency relations concerning the education and rehabilitation of persons who have driven while intoxicated or have demonstrated other unsafe driving practices.

(2)  Members of the council shall include representatives from the office of transportation safety, the American automobile association, the board of the WTC, the department of public instruction, the department, the county assessment agencies, and a representative from each of the traffic safety school programs.

(3)  The functions and responsibilities of the council include all of the following:

(a) Recommending program guidelines, such as length of program, curriculum, instructor qualifications, fees, state and regional in-service training, evaluation criteria, program changes, coordinator responsibilities, program supervision, education techniques and program procedures for communicating with law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, courts, alcohol and other drug abuse referral agencies, the department and other agencies.

(b) Promoting program cooperation among law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, courts, treatment centers, assessment agencies, educational agencies, the board of the WTC, the American automobile association and the department.

(c) Developing and disseminating traffic safety school program resources.

(d) Furthering traffic safety school program public relations and education.

(e) Reviewing and recommending approval of traffic safety school pilot programs.

History: Cr. Register, December, 1991, No. 432 , eff. 1-1-92; renum. from Trans 106.11 and am. (2) and (3) (b), Register, March, 1996, No. 483 , eff. 4-1-96.