§ 47-761 — Operation of motor vehicle while impaired - Penalties -

Suspensions - Violations not bondable. A. Any person who operates a motor vehicle while his ability to operate such motor vehicle is impaired by the consumption of alcohol, or any other substance, other than alcohol, which is capable of being ingested, inhaled, injected or absorbed into the human body and is capable of adversely affecting the central nervous system, vision, hearing or other sensory or motor functions shall be subject to a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. B. Upon the receipt of any person’s record of conviction of driving while impaired, when such conviction has become final, Service Oklahoma shall suspend the driving privilege of such person, as follows: 1. The first suspension shall be for thirty (30) days; 2. The second suspension shall be for a period of six (6) months, which may be modified; provided, any modification under this paragraph shall apply to Class D motor vehicles only; and 3. The third or subsequent suspension shall be for twelve (12) months, which may be modified; provided, any modification under this paragraph shall apply to Class D motor vehicles only. Provided, however, Service Oklahoma shall not suspend such privilege pursuant to this subsection if said person’s driving privilege has been revoked based upon a test result or test refusal pursuant to Section 753 or Section 754 of this title arising from the same circumstances which resulted in the conviction. C. The violations as set out in this section shall not be bondable under Section 1115.3 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes. D. Any person who is found guilty of a violation of the provisions of this section or pleading guilty or nolo contendere for a violation of any provision of this section shall be ordered to participate in, prior to sentencing, an alcohol and drug assessment and evaluation by an assessment agency or assessment personnel certified by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for the purpose of evaluating the receptivity to treatment and prognosis of the person. The court shall order the person to reimburse the agency or assessor for the assessment and evaluation. The fee for an assessment and evaluation shall be the amount provided in subsection C of Section 3-460 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes. The evaluation shall be conducted at a certified assessment agency, the office of a certified assessor or at another location as ordered by the court. The agency or assessor shall, within seventy-two (72) hours from the time the person is assessed, submit a written report to the court for the purpose of assisting the court in its final sentencing determination. If such report indicates that the evaluation shows that the defendant would benefit from a ten-hour or twenty-four-hour alcohol and drug substance abuse course or a treatment program or both, the court shall, as a condition of any sentence imposed, including a deferred sentence and a suspended sentence, require the person to follow all recommendations identified by the assessment and evaluation and ordered by the court. No person, agency or facility operating an alcohol and drug substance abuse evaluation program certified by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall solicit or refer any person evaluated pursuant to this section for any treatment program or alcohol and drug substance abuse service in which such person, agency or facility has a vested interest; however, this provision shall not be construed to prohibit the court from ordering participation in or any person from voluntarily utilizing a treatment program or alcohol and drug substance abuse service offered by such person, agency or facility. Any evaluation report submitted to the court pursuant to this subsection shall be handled in a manner which will keep such report confidential from the general public’s review. Nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the court from ordering judgment and sentence and any other sanction authorized by law for failure or refusal to comply with an order of the court.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1972, c. 192, § 2. Amended by Laws 1975, c. 119, § 5, emerg. eff. May 13, 1975; Laws 1978, c. 109, § 1; Laws 1987, c. 224, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1992, c. 217, § 17, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1994, c. 387, § 9, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1995, c. 1, § 18, emerg. eff. March 2, 1995; Laws 1999, c. 395, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 178, § 4, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2010, c. 345, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2023, c. 310, § 25, eff. July 1, 2023. NOTE: Laws 1994, c. 308, § 4 repealed by Laws 1995, c. 1, § 40, emerg. eff. March 2, 1995.