R523-12-6. Approved Curriculum

(1) Each seminar provider must have a curriculum approved by the division that provides at least three hours of instruction for first-time certification and for any recertification. (2) The contents of an approved curriculum shall include the topics identified in Subsection 26B-5-205(4)(b) and the following components: (a) alcohol as a drug and its effect on the body and behavior: (i) facts about alcohol; (ii) what alcohol is; and (iii) alcohol's path through the body; (b) factors influencing the effect of alcohol including: (i) food and digestive factors; (ii) weight, physical fitness and gender factors; (iii) psychological factors; (iv) tolerance; and (v) alcohol used in combination with other drugs; (c) recognizing drinking levels including: (i) descriptions of behavioral signs and indications of impairment; (ii) classification of behavioral signs; and (iii) the definition of intoxication; (d) techniques for servers to help control consumption that include: (i) use of a classification system; (ii) use of alcohol facts; (iii) continuity of service; and (iv) drink counting; (e) Overview of state alcohol laws: (i) Utah liquor distribution and control; (ii) legal age of consumption; (iii) prohibited sales; (iv) third party liability and the Dram Shop Law; (v) legal responsibilities of servers; (f) techniques for dealing with the problem customer and rehearsal and practice of these techniques that include: (i) slowing down service; (ii) offering food or nonalcoholic beverages; (iii) serving water with drinks; (iv) not encouraging reorders; and (v) discontinuing service; (g) establishing house rules for regulating alcoholic beverages such as: (i) management and co-workers' support; and (ii) ways to deal with minors; (h) alternative means of transportation and getting the customer home safely that include: (i) asking a customer to arrange alternative transportation; (ii) calling a taxi or transportation service; (iii) arranging accommodations for the night; and (iv) calling the police; and (i) division-provided training and educational materials on ways to identify overdose.