§ 23598 In lieu of the alcohol or drug education program prescribed by …

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Terms Used In California Codes > Vehicle Code > Division 11.5 > Chapter 2 > Article 7 - Alternative to Alcohol or Drug Education Program

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • drug: means any substance or combination of substances, other than alcohol, which could so affect the nervous system, brain, or muscles of a person as to impair, to an appreciable degree, his ability to drive a vehicle in the manner that an ordinarily prudent and cautious man, in full possession of his faculties, using reasonable care, would drive a similar vehicle under like conditions. See California Vehicle Code 312
  • Person: includes a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Vehicle Code 470
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.