37 Pa. Code § 97.102

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024

Section 97.102 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Act-42 Pa.C.S. Chapter 99 (relating to State intermediate punishment) establishing the DOTP.

Commission-The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing.

Community-based therapeutic community-A long-term residential addiction treatment program licensed by the Department of Health to provide addiction treatment services using a therapeutic community model, determined by the Department to be qualified to provide addiction treatment to eligible offenders and accredited as a therapeutic community for the treatment of drug and alcohol abuse and addiction by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities or another Nationally-recognized accreditation organization for community-based therapeutic communities for drug and alcohol treatment.

Community corrections center-A residential program that is supervised and operated by the Department for inmates with prerelease status or who are on parole.

Court-The trial judge exercising sentencing jurisdiction over an eligible offender under this chapter or the president judge if the original trial judge is no longer serving as a judge of the sentencing court.

Defendant-An individual charged with a drug-related offense.

Department-The Department of Corrections of the Commonwealth.

DOTP-Drug Offender Treatment Program-An individualized treatment program established by the Department consisting primarily of drug and alcohol addiction treatment that satisfies the terms and conditions in section 9905 of the act (relating to drug offender treatment program).

Drug-related offense-A criminal offense for which the defendant is convicted and that the court determines was motivated by the defendant's consumption of or addiction to alcohol or a controlled substance, counterfeit, designer drug, drug, immediate precursor or marijuana, as those terms are defined in The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act (35 P. S. §§ 780-101-780-143).

Eligible offender-

(i) Under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9721(a.1) (relating to sentencing generally), a defendant designated by the sentencing court as a person convicted of a drug-related offense who:

(A) Has undergone an assessment performed by the Department which assessment has concluded that the defendant is in need of drug and alcohol addiction treatment and would benefit from commitment to a drug offender treatment program and that placement in a drug offender treatment program would be appropriate.

(B) Does not demonstrate a history of present or past violent behavior.

(C) Would be placed in the custody of the Department if not sentenced to State intermediate punishment.

(D) Provides written consent permitting the release of information pertaining to the defendant's participation in a drug offender treatment program.

(ii) The term does not include a defendant who is subject to a sentence the calculation of which includes an enhancement for the use of a deadly weapon, as defined under law or the sentencing guidelines promulgated by the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, or a defendant who has been convicted of a personal injury crime as defined in section 103 of the Crime Victims Act (18 P. S. § 11.103), or an attempt or conspiracy to commit such a crime or who has been convicted of violating 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 4302, 5901, 6312, 6318 and 6320 or Chapter 76, Subchapter C (relating to Internet child pornography).

Expulsion-The permanent removal of a participant from a drug offender treatment program.

Group home-A residential program that is contracted out by the Department to a private service provider for inmates with prerelease status or who are on parole.

Individualized drug offender treatment plan-An individualized addiction treatment plan within the framework of the drug offender treatment program.

Institutional therapeutic community-A residential drug treatment program in a State correctional institution, accredited as a therapeutic community for treatment of drug and alcohol abuse and addiction by the American Correctional Association or other Nationally-recognized accreditation organization for therapeutic community drug and alcohol addiction treatment.

Outpatient addiction treatment facility-An addiction treatment facility licensed by the Department of Health and designated by the Department as qualified to provide addiction treatment to criminal justice offenders.

Participant-An eligible offender actually sentenced to State intermediate punishment under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9721(a)(7).

Transitional residence-A residence investigated and approved by the Department as appropriate for housing a participant in a DOTP.

37 Pa. Code § 97.102