Commenter:
Matt Tatum, Henry County Department of Public Safety
DUI
12VAC5-31-910 Part C Sec. 4 Criminal or enforcement history-(page120) Implementation of this section as written will undermine the seriousness of an infraction that cost many innocent lives on the highways of the Commonwealth of Virginia. By allowing individual agencies to develop, implement and regulate policies regarding utilization of operators with recent DUI convictions (<5 years), those agencies with manpower/staffing shortages will be inclined to utilize operators who would not otherwise be eligible to function in that capacity under current regulations. This would further serve to undermine professional ethics and standards of an allied health profession.
