Provider criteria

1. A DUI seminar instructor shall have at least a two-year degree or its equivalent or at least one year of professional work experience in the education, health, human services, or criminal justice field. 2. A DUI seminar instructor shall not engage in the illegal use of drugs nor conduct the DUI seminar while under the influence of alcohol or other mood-altering drugs. 3. A DUI seminar instructor shall be certified by the department to teach the department-approved curriculum. To achieve certification by the department, the instructor candidate shall meet all DUI seminar instructor requirements, shall successfully complete the department-approved DUI seminar instructor training, and shall submit the certification application to the department. 4. A DUI seminar instructor shall be recertified by the department every two years. To maintain certification by the department, a DUI seminar instructor shall teach the DUI seminar at least twice per certification cycle and attend DUI seminar instructor recertification training coordinated by the department. 5. To achieve certification when a DUI seminar instructor has allowed certification to lapse, a DUI seminar instructor shall submit a letter to the department that must: a. Show evidence that the DUI seminar program's curriculum has incorporated current DUI information and educational changes; b. Provide an explanation for the DUI seminar instructor's lapse in certification; and c. Contain a statement that the DUI seminar program has not provided DUI seminar services during the time period that the certification had lapsed.