Rule 503-1-.19 - Exclusions(a) The following persons may not own, operate, direct, or serve as an employee or agent of a probation entity: 1. Any employee of the council, or any spouse thereof;2. Any person for whom owning, operating, directing or serving as an employee or agent would pose an actual, potential, or apparent conflict of interest due to the existence of a fiduciary, business or personal relationship with any probationer or due to the existence of any other relationship that would place the owner, operator, employee or agent in a position to exert undue influence, exploit, take undue advantage of or breach the confidentiality of any probationer. Further, no judge, public probation officer or employee, employee of a court in this state, or any spouse thereof, to the extent services are to be provided within the same jurisdiction served by the judge, public probation officer, or court employee may own, operate, direct or serve as an employee or agent of a private probation entity;3. Any person who has been convicted of a felony offense; or4. Any person convicted of a domestic violence offense.(b) Any owner, operator, director, employee or agent shall not own, operate, or have any interest in any finance business or lending institution which makes loans to probationers under its supervision.(c) Any owner, operator, director, employee or agent shall not own, operate, or have any financial interest in, be an instructor, or be employed by any private entity which provides drug or alcohol education services or offers DUI Alcohol or Drug Use Risk Reduction Programs certified by the Department of Driver Services.(d) Any owner, operator, director, employee or agent shall not specify, directly or indirectly, a particular alcohol or drug education program which a probationer may or shall attend. Upon request, probationers may be provided with the names of DUI Alcohol or Drug Use Risk Reduction Programs certified by the Department of Driver Services.(e) Any owner, operator, director, employee or agent shall not own, operate, or have any financial interest in any private entity which provides ignition interlock services or shall not directly or indirectly refer probationers to specific ignition interlock service providers. This shall not prohibit furnishing probationers with the names and locations of all ignition interlock providers certified by the Department of Public Safety.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 503-1-.19
O.C.G.A. Secs. 42-8-104, 42-8-114.
Original Rule entitled "Exclusions" adopted. F. Jan. 17, 2001; eff. Feb. 6, 2001.Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Jan. 25, 2005; eff. Feb. 14, 2005.Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. July 21, 2006; eff. August 10, 2006.Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Nov. 30, 2007; eff. Dec. 20, 2007.Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Dec. 8, 2008; eff. Dec. 28, 2008.Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. May 26, 2009; eff. June 15, 2009.Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Jun. 15, 2011; eff. July 5, 2011.