Section 5-4-908 - Program operation(a)(1) A pre-adjudication probation program may require a separate judicial processing system differing in practice and design from the traditional adversarial criminal prosecution and trial systems.(2) A pre-adjudication probation program team shall be designated by a circuit judge assigned to manage the pre-adjudication probation program docket and may include a circuit judge, a prosecuting attorney, a public defender or private defense attorney, one (1) or more probation officers, and any other individual or individuals determined necessary by the pre-adjudication probation program judge.(3)(A) The administrative judge of the judicial district shall designate one (1) or more circuit judges to administer the pre-adjudication probation program.(B) If a county is in a judicial district that does not have a circuit judge who is able to administer the pre-adjudication probation program on a consistent basis, the administrative plan for the judicial circuit required by Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 14 may designate a state district court judge to administer the pre-adjudication probation program.(b) Each judicial district may develop a training and implementation manual for a pre-adjudication probation program with the assistance of:(1) The Department of Human Services;(2) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education;(3) The Adult Education Section;(4) The Division of Community Correction;(5) The Administrative Office of the Courts; and(6) Any vocational school, technical school, community college, or two-year and four-year public university that has volunteered to be part of the pre-adjudication program in the judicial district.Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 134, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by Act 2015, No. 1198,§ 4, eff. 7/22/2015.Added by Act 2013, No. 1340,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.