FAQs

Georgia DDS has approved the NEEDS Assessment Component for use in Georgia. It is a copyrighted product of ADE, Inc. It is a 130-question comprehensive screening instrument. It evaluates the extent of an individual’s alcohol and drug use and its impact on driving. You may complete the assessment remotely using your smartphone or computer or in our offices in Dublin or Swainsboro.

The Georgia DDS has approved the Prime for Life Intervention Component as the sole curriculum
for use in Georgia. This is a copyrighted product of Prevention Research Institute, Inc.

Melton’s Driver Improvement Schools have been approved by the Georgia Department of Driver Services to instruct the 20-hour DUI/ Risk Reduction class since 1997.

The entire 20-hour course takes 2 1/2 days! Please check our schedules.

We may refund the classroom portion of the program if you never attend.

Certificates of Completion from remote DUI, Alcohol, or Drug Use Risk Reduction courses when the Georgia DDS has licensed that program. Online programs will only be accepted if the Georgia DDS has preapproved them. The Georgia DDS system must generate all valid certificates of completion.

Yes

Replacement certificates are always issued at no charge! Many schools charge $20.

Yes. The DDS rules and regulations allow students to transfer assessment results between schools.
A transfer is allowed only under limited circumstances: A class for which a student has a signed intervention contract has been canceled; or, The student has moved at least thirty (30) miles away from the school that he or she contracted with to attend. The school may charge a fee of up to $25
for transferring results of an Assessment Component due to student relocation or if there is an emergency and prior approval by the department has been obtained.

The cost of a DUI, Alcohol, or Drug Use Risk Reduction course is set by Georgia law. The total cost of the course is $360.00. This includes the Assessment Component ($100.00), the Intervention Component ($235.00), and a workbook ($25.00).

This depends on the curriculum of that state. It is recommended that if there is any question, potential students call the DDS Customer Contact Center at (678) 413-8400 before enrollment.

This is different from the assessment you take before class. Laws and regulations related to clinical evaluations and substance abuse treatment providers are administered by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD). Detailed FAQs related to clinical evaluations and substance abuse treatment providers can be found on their website at
https://dbhddapps.dbhdd.ga.gov/MOPAS/.

Documented proof of having completed a state-approved clinical evaluation is required of all persons who wish to reinstate a suspension of their Georgia driver’s license or driving privileges resulting from two or more convictions of driving under the influence within the past ten (10) years. Laws and regulations related to clinical evaluations and substance abuse treatment providers may be found on the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities website.